American Legion Minutes 1923-01-19 to 1923-12-07

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January 19th, 1923.
Open meeting of the William Clinton Story
e Post , No . 342 , American Legion, held at the South Shore Apart ments , Freeport , N. Y., on
Fr:id ay evening , January 19th , 1923, Commander
Schloss presiding .
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~embers of the various Legion posts in
Nassau County and their auxiliaries were pres­ent.
The Commander directed the Treasurer to act
as Adjutant .
In the absence of the Ad jut ant , the reading
of the minutes of the previous "tt9 et ing was
dispensed with .
Reports of the House, Welfare , Membership
and Show Committies were received and acceptei .
The Show Committee reported about $300 . 00 made
on show .
IJr . Lee report ed on the proposed raffle for
the Studebaker car . The raffle is to be held
somewhere around Decoration Day . Report ac­cepted
as read .
The Chairman read a communication from the
13th Post , Uo . 513 , American Legion , inviting
this Post to attend the review of the l~th
Coast Defense Command by Albert s. Callan ,
State Co~mander , American Legion, on ~hursday
evening, January 25th , 1923.
~he Chairman also presented a bulletin from
the British war Veterans and read an extract
therefrom as to the funeral of the late Col.
H. c. Wi l son.
The Chairman pres~nted a memorandum from tha
Nassau County Committee , American Legion , as to
JaJ. . 19th , 1923 (continued).
the annual meeting .3Dd banquet to be held on e Saturday, January ~7th , 1923 , at the Garden
City Hotel. The cost of the dinner .is to be
not less than $3 .00 per plate. County Chairman
to be advised. not later than next Wednesday as A
to the number of men from this Post who will W
attend.
We then proceeded to the open rneet ing .
!Jr. Campbell presented Commanders of various
Legion posts in Nassau County, also First
Vice-Comuander C. w. A. Cannon, Department of
New York, American Legion.
Commander Schloss welcomed the visitors in
appropriate language •
.. !r . Cannon addressed the meeting on the
American Legion generally •
.u1r. Otis G. Fewell, of the American Legion e
Weekly, spoke on the subject of the American
Legion magazine .
Mr. Kiely, fonnerJI.y State Adjutant, American
Legion, gave a short address.
Maj . Rasmussen , of this Post , also S.POke .
After other entertainment, the meeting ad­journed,
and was followed by dancing.
Poet Adjutant pro tem .
February 2nd , 1923.
11eet ing of the Willium ClintoT~ Story Post,
No . 342, A.rnerict:.n :U~::gi 1n, nt!ld. u~ the Legion
Room, in the Olive Building, Freeport , N. Y., •
Feb . 2nd . 1923 ( c ont ~nued) .
~ on Friday eveni~g. February 2nd, 1923.
Commander Schloss presided . In the absence
e of the Adjutant, the Treasurer assumed his duties .
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Reading of minutes of the previous meeting
was dispensed with .
Report of the House Corn.'!littee was received.
and acc.epted , showing $12 .00 on hand after
paying this month ' s janitor service .
Mr •. :ulcahy rapvrted for the :.:embership
Committee . He r eceived from the Personnel Of­ficer
a l ist of over one hundred members who
are in arrear s in dues . About one hundred
letters were sent out, stating that the LegiPn
is about to make a drive for a clubhouse, and
we want every Legion man in the vicinity to bacL
us up . Report accepted as read.
ur. Campbell having been elected County
Chairman , Dr. zronnann was appointed chairman
of the Welfare Committee at the re.1uest of hlr .
Campbell. The committee reported progress .
The Show Committee reported progress only ,
on account of the sickness of Ur. Ro.ymora .
County Welfare Officer Wallace J . Young spoka
on the Welfare situation in the county .
U.r . Himmel reported for the Entertain'!lent
Coill'Ilittee . Report accepted as read .
Studebaker Committee reported progress .
Buil ding Committee reported progress .
Under new business , motion was made, seconded
and c a rried that we enroll men in arrears as new
~e~bers , unless t hey wished to retain their
Feb . 2nd, 1923 (continued).
che.rter membership , in which event they would a
have to pay all arrears of dues .at the rate of •
$1 . 50 a year for arrears .
Discussion as to increasing the membership
of the Post • e
The Chair~n reported on the meeting of the
Nassau County Committee,held lust Saturday night .
The Chairman reported a telephone conversation
with !Ir. Frederick E . Wood, in which .Mr . Wood
directed attention to some special numbers for
tne minstrel show to be given by the Memorial
Library Committee on February 5th , 1923, among
others a special number for the ex-service men ,
and :twh ~ '(la,..s._kt-e...d whether the commander would be able t o ge "' n army uniform o.nd twelve men in navy
uniform . Discussion as to this .
Motion was made , seconded and carried that
the Chairman call for volu.at eers, and if no one
volunteers , that the matter be laid on the
table.
At the call of the chairman, pursuant to the
foregoing motion, there were no volunteers , and
the matter was laid on the table.
Discussion as to a new meeting place.
Discussion as to the show "Going Some, held
recently.
Disc:ussion as to appropriation for 1.ter.1orial
Day. action was made , secondei and carried that
a committee of three be appointed to look up
the matter and present a proper petition in
order to properly-observe Memorial Day Services .tt
Mr. Young spoke on recent developments ss to
Kings Park.
County Chairman Campbell requested the ap- •
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Feb. 2nd, 1923 (continued) .
pointment of a Foreign Relations Committee to
arrange for delegations to accompany him on his
visits to the Legion Posts in Nassau County as
County Chairman. Motion was made. seconded
and carried to appoint such a committee. Ur .
Herold K. Blinn was appointed chairman of this
committee .
Motion was made , seconded and carried that
we give Mr. Young a rising vote of thanks for
the splendid work that.he l~s done for there­habilitation
of the Kings Park veterans .
Mr. Young requested attendance by committee­men
from this Post at meetings of the Nassau
County Committee.
The meeting then adjourned .
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Post Adjutant pro tern.
February 16th, 1923.
Re~lar meetini of the Will iam Clinton
Story ost , No . 3 2,American Legion, held at
the Post Rooms, in the Olive Building, Free­port,
N. Y., on Fr iday, February 16th, 1923.
The Commander called the meeting to order,
at 8 .45 P. M. The Treasurer .acted as .Adjutant.
About 30 members were present .
By unanimous consent, the reading of the
minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed
with .
Jfr . Preziosi reported for the Entertainment
Committee, and especially on a smoker to be
held by this Post on February 26th, 1923, at
the Casino . Busses will leave the railroad
station at 8 P. M.
Dr . Kronmann reported for the Welfare Com­mittee
. Mr. Scloss. also reported donation
by Mr . John Valentine of $10 . 00 for cigarettes
for disabled ex-soldiers at Kings Park.
Mr. McCloskey reported for the Show Com­mittee.
Estimated we will make about $375 . 00.
He cannot make a final report as yet, as there
is a great deal of the money still standing
out .
Mr . Himmel reported for the House Committee.
The Chairman announced the appointment of
l!r . Harold K. Blinn as Chairman of the Foreign
Relations Committee.
Mr. Lee reported on the proposed raffle for
the Studebaker car . He thought it would be
much easier to sell tickets for a ~r six,
rather than a little six Studebaker . Some
discussion as to this.
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Motion was made, seconded and carried that
the Studebaker car to be raffled off be a light
six model, which will be $300 cheaper than the
Feb. 16th, 1923 (continued}.
special six previously voted on.
The raffle will be held some time around
the end of May or the beginning of June.
Mr. Campbell reported for the Memorial Day ..
Committee. It seems there is no law covering ..
appropriations by villages for Memorial Day.
There is a law covering appropriations by the
town. up to $200, based on a population of
upwards of 10,000 people. It seems our pro­cedure
will be to submit a proposition to the
Village Board to be voted on by the people.
Mr. Kranz reported on the matter of the ad­dressograph
machine. Recommends the Belknap
Rapid Addressograph machine,.which would cost
about $98.00 for the whole outfit, including
the plates, ink machine and rack. Suggested
hiring it out to other organizations. Announce­ments
could also be made on the back. This
matter was referred to new business.
Mr. Young, County Disability Officer, -re­ported
that the Governor has requested an ap­proriation
of $1,500,000 for enlarging Kings
Park, and that Col. Wickersham had suggested
it Would help a great deal if we could get
every association in Nassau County, outside of
the Legion, to endorse this project. He has
drawn up a resolution and would like every
organization in Freeport, outside of the Legion,
to endorse this appropriation, and send ~he
resolution to Albany. la. Cecil Johnson will
give us publicity on the matter. The resolu­tion
reads as follows:-
WREREAS, overcrowded conditions exist
in State hospitals where mentally disabled
soldiers are under treatment, and as there
is little probability that the Federal tt
Government will quickly, if at all, enlarge
its hospital facilities for the care of
these men and that this is a matter about
which the people of the State are deeply ,
concerned;
WHEREAS. Governor Smith has sent a specia
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Feb, 16th, 1923 (continued~
message to the State Legislature stating
that no better provision can be made in
New York State Hospitals at a reasonable
·cost than by extending immediately the
facilities at Kings Park State Hospital,
to take care of one thousand patients and
recommending the additions to the military
memorial division of the Kings Park State
Hospital at an estimated cost of $1 ,500,000;
BE IT RESOLVED. that this organization
heartily endorses the action tween by
Governor Smith and urges the immediate pas­sage
of legislation to carry out the recom­mendations
contained in the Governor ' s mes­sage;
FUBTHER RESOLVED , that copies of this
resolution be forwarded to Governor Smith,
our State Senator and State Assemblyman,
Motion was made, seconded and carried that
we adopt the foregoing resolution, as recom­mended
by the County Disability Officer, Mr.
Young, copies to be sent to the Governor of
the State, our State Sanator and our Assembly­man.
Motion was made, seconded and carried that
we extend to Mr . Cecil Johnson a vote of thanks
for his publicity work.
The Chairman urged getting in the members .
County Chairman, Robert D. Campbell, announced
that the County Officers have planned to visit
each post in the County.
As to the addressograph machine, motion was
made, seconded and carried that we lay the
matter over for two weeks when our Post Finance
Officer is here,
As to the show held last December, it seems
the scenery was loaned out to the Veterans in
Hempstead and is now in the Hempstead High
School. 1~ . Reto acted as agent of the Veterans
and took it up there .
Feb, 16th. 1923 (continued).
Motion was made , seconded and carried to ..
bring the scenery down here from the Hempstead.,
High School .
Under sickness and distress, the Commander ..
announced visiting Mr . Tryon today. The fol- ..
lowing members were also reported sick : Jacob
F. Kedenberg, Maj . Rasmussen, Louis Streck and
Maj. McCleary.
Dr. Kronmann repor.ted Mrs . Earon had stated
some one donated pickles at our open meeting .
This matter was. referred to the committee to
send a letter of thanks .
Mr . McCloskey reported for the Building Com­mittee
. The Committee has in view a site on
Commercial Street and Broadway (north- east
corner), also a site on the north- west corner
of Broadway and Mount Avenue , opposite the
Synagogue (one of Randall's properties), also
a site on East }venue, just this side of ..
Archer Str eet . The Building Committee thought ..
the plot oppo~ite the Synagogue was the most
favorabl e site .
At the request of the Commander, opinions
were received from various members of the Post .
Motion was made, seconded and unanimously
carried that the Building Committee be in­structed
to purchase the plot. about 125 ft .
x 150 ft . , on the north-west corner of Br oad­way
and Mount Avenue, Freeport, at the sum of
$1, 800, with 25% off, and remainder to be
given in bonds to Ur. Ernest Randall.
Mr. Randall had previously offered to sell
any vacant property that he owned on this
basis to this Post .
Discussion as to the incorporation of the
Post, and incorporating in the By-laws provi­sions
for the protection of the stockholders • •
Feb . 16th , 1923 (continued) ~
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Young reported the James F. Brengel Post ,
Cliff, has just purchased a club house,
is being fixed up by volunteer s from the
Suggested we coWtl get the same r esults
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and it
Post .
here .
Mr . Campbell reported Mr. Lester
some time ago fixed up gratituousl y
signs for our War Relics Exhibit .
L. Danley
certain
Motion was made, seconded and carried that the
Post forward the $1 . 50 to the County Committee
and credit Les~er L. Danley on the books for a
full years dues for the year 1923, in view of
hie donation of the signs last year •
. Mr.Campbell r eported that the County Officers
have prepared a schedule of visits t o the var ious
Legion posts in the county. This list will be
posted on the Bulletin Board. h~. Campbell re­e
~uests as large a delegation as possible to ac - company him.
On motion duly made, seconded and carried, the
meeting adjourned .
Pos t Adjutant p~o gem.
Regular mee~jng of the William Clinton Stor y
Post, No . 342 , American Legion, held at the Post
room, in the Olive Building, Fr eeport , N. Y., on
Friday, March 2nd, 1923.
Commander Schloss called the meeting to order
at 8. 30 P. M. The Treasur er acted as Adjutant .
- About 25 members were present .
Minutes of the previous meeting were read and
appr oved .
~ Dr. Kronmann reported for the Welfare Com­mittee
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Uar , 2nd. 1923 (continue~
Mr . Preziosi reported for the Smoker Com­mittee
. The last smoker, held on February
26th, showed a profit of $128 . 30,
Membership Committee reported progress .
Mr . Cruickshank reported for the Building
Committee . The incorporation papers have been
made up and have to be sent on to the court for
approval . As to the lot, the Committee called
on the Randall Company a day or so after our
last meeting, and on going into the matter cure­fully,
it was discovered that a mistake was .
made . It seems they were going to sell us a lot
on Commercial Street and Mount Avenue, opposite
Foreman ' s Lumber Yard, and not the plot opposite
the Synagogue voted on at ·our last meeting. So
the Building Committee decided ~o let the matter
rest for a while, as they did not think it would
be a suitable place for our building to be
located . The Committee has in mind another
proposition, but not all the details as yet ,
It ie a house on the corner of North Grove tt
Str eet and Bklyn Av. directly across from the
Railroad Station. That house can be bought for
abou~ $17 , 500. The house itself stands on a
very large plot and could be turned around and
set facing Grove Street and the lot facing on
Brooklyn Avenue could be sold for stores , The
Committee is working on the proposition now,
but nothing can be done until the incorporation
is completed.
1~. Blinn reported for the Foreign Relations
Committee, and es~ially on a visit by the
committee, with the County Officers, to the
Floral Park Post on Wednesday evening last.
Next Friday night is set for the visit to Lyn­brook.
Mr . Cruickshank reported for the Memorial
Day Committee. The committee has been around
getting signatures on a petition for proposition
to be submitted to the people of the village at
the coming village election for appropriation ~
Mar. 2nd, 1923. (continued).
by the village of $300 .00 to defray expenses
of proper abservance of Memorial Day in this
village. Expects to file the petition within
the next few days.
The Treasurer reported a balance on hand of
$174.98.
Ja. McCloskey reported on the Show h&ld
last December. He cannot yet make a final re­port,
as there is still money outstanding. He
is collecting the moneys as fast as possible.
Mr. Lee reported for the Studebaker Com­mittee.
He is not sure whether it is all right
to go ahead. At our last meeting, the Post vote•
to raffle off a light six Studebaker and not a
super six, and he is not positive that Box can
get a light six car. Mr. Merle Post offered a
Maxwell' car at cost to him; a stock touring car
(Maxwell) would be $850. 00. This matter was
referred back to the committee, 1~ . Box to be
given a change to gracefully decline. Mr. Lee
reported also that the raffle will be held on
Thursday evening, June 7th, at the Freeport
Theatre. The automobile can be pulled right up
on the stage. Ma.j. Rasmussen h.as offered all
cash taken in that night over his average Thurs­day
night business, said surplus to be taken out
in chances on the car. Therefore, it is up to
the Legion to fill the house on that night.
Under sick call, no one appeared to be ill.
The Commander announced that Mrs. Worden Winn•
has been running card parties over at the mezz­anine
floor of the Freeport Theatre every Friday
the proceeds to be turned over to the American
a Legion. Last Friday she made $10.00, which was
.. turned over to the Post Treasurer.
Motion was made, seconded and carried that a
letter of thanks be written to l~s. Winne.
~ The Commander announced he has received word
Mar. 2nd, 1923 (continued).
from the head of the M~thers' Club of the Col~
bus Avenue School that the~ are going to make ~
a donation to the Post of ~10.00, to be spent
on the disabled veterans.
Motion was made, seconded and carried that tt
a letter of thanks be sent to the Mother's
Club of the Columbus Avenue School on receipt
of the money.
Mr. Mahnken spoke on the matter of the ad­dressograph.
He can give more details in the
course of a couple of weeks.
Motion was made, seconded ·and carried that
we lay the matter of the addressograph on the
table.
Personnel Officer reported 131 paid-up mem­bers
to date. At this time last year we had
114. We have taken in about 12 new members so
far this year.
The Commander introduced an old member, 1a.
Harry Bowers, who has not· been out to meetings
for some time, also a new member, Mr. Robert
Klein.
Under new business, the Commander reported
a conversation with George R. Christie, of this
post, whereby it appears that the new manager
of the Auditorium has consented to allow the
Post to run bouts on the 16th or 23rd of this
month. He must know tonight just which of the
two dates we want. The net proceeds to be
turned over to this Post. He will allow us to
run our own bill at that show. The plan is to
have all local talent, if possible. Discussion
as to this • . Mr. Preziosi states we will have ..
to pay the fighters as at all times, then it ..
is up to them to give back what they can. This
matter was referred to the committee herein­after
mentioned. It seems we do not stand to
lose anything. The matter depends upon the •
members getting out and selling the tickets.
Mar. 2nd. 1923 (continued).
~ Motion was made, seconded and carried that we
W ac.cept the offer of the manager of the Auditoriur
to run boxing bouts on March 23rd, the net
proceeds of such event to be given to the
.. Treasurer of the Activities Committee, and
.. that a c~mmittee o~ six be appointed with
power to act. The following committe~ was ap­pointed:-
Chairman,George Preziosi
William Himmel
William Enkler
Joseph H. McCloskey
George R. Christie
Jacob F. Kedenberg.
Mr. Himmel reported on the War Tax on Post
activitie~. It seems the American Legion is
exempt, but it has to be reported. The Com­mander
stated he had done so in the case of
the smoker.
Mr. Blinn asked if the Legion insignia
should not be removed from the old Post room
on the third floor of the Olive Building to
the present quarters on the second floor.
la. Kedenberg thought we should leave it there
until we are ready to use it.
The Commander requested all members present
to attend the Auxiliary meeting for refresh­ments
·at the close of our meeting.
The Commander requested as many members as
possible accompany our County Chairman, Mr.
Robert D. Campbell, om his official visit to
the Lynbrook Post next Friday night.
Mr. McCloskey brought up the matter of an
.. initiation. Thought we should haye one. as it
.. tends to promote more interest in the Legion
and instructs new members in what the Legion
stands for. Suggested waiting until we should
get a few new members and then getting some
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outside place for the initiation, our present
quarters bein~ too small. Y~. Cruickshank
offered the d1ning room in the South Sho~e
~mr. 2nd, 1923 (continued).
Apartments, for initiation purposes. 4t
Motion was made, seconded and carried that
the Adjutant get in touch with the Hicksville
Postt to obtain a copy of their initiationt ..
and that we lay the matter over to the next ..
meeting; the Hicksville initiation to be used
only as a guide.
Motion was made, seconded and carried that
the Foreign Relations Committee be the committee
to handle the ritual. They get good ideas by
visiting the other posts.
1~. Kedenberg reported for the House Com­mittee.
There is $18 . 00 in the treasury, not
deducting the janitor's services $10.00. Has
dispensed with the ·janitor's services for the
rest of the year, in order to cut down expensest
and requests members to help clean up the room.
Discussion as to holding a Post dinner, in ..
the near future. W
Motion was made, seconded and carried that
this matter be l eft in the hands of the Activities
Committee.
Mr. Kedenberg suggested we should present
our Auxiliary with a set of colors .
As to the raffle of the rifle and pistol set,
motion was made, seconded and carried that we
extend the same to outsiders and that the
raffle be held next meeting night.
On motion duly made, seconded and carried,
the meeting adjourned.
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March 16th, 1923.
Regular meeting of the William Clinton
Story Post , No. 342, American Legion, held
at the Club Room, in the Olive Buil ding,
Freeport , N. Y. , on Friday , March 16th, 1923.
About twenty- five members were present .
Commander Schloss called the meeting .to
or der . The Tr easurer acted as Adjutant .
By unanimous consent , the reading of the
minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed
with.
Report of the House Committee was received
and accepted , showing a balance on hand of
~12 . 00.
Report of the Welfare Committee was received
and accepted . ~20.00 was donated for cigar­ettes
for men at Kings Park, that is , $10.00
from Jft . John Valentine (previously reported,
and $10 . 00 f r om the Mothers ' Club of the Columbu:
Avenue School . Dr . Kronmann also reported havint
gratuitously fixed up the teeth of an ex- soldier
l.fot ion was made, seconded and carried that a
vote of thanks be tendered to Dr . ~ronmann for
his work.
Personnel Officer reported 140 paid-up mem­bers
for 1923 to date.
The Smoker Committee reported about $130.00
cleared on the last smoker .
Report of the BuildinR Committee was received
and accepted. The incorporation papers have
been prepa. red and are being signed up, and the
commi ttee is waiting for the incorporation to be
completed .
Report of the Foreign Relations Committee was
received and accepted . The Committee has re-
March 19th , 1923 Cconti n~ed) .
ceived a copy of the Hicksville initiation.
and plans to go over it some night next week ~
and to put on something in the next two or ~
three meetings. JAr. Blinn reported on visits
of a delegation from this Post to Floral Park
and Garden City. Dr. Kronmann reported on our
visit to Lynbrook Post. e
Mr. Lee reported on the proposed raffle of
a oar. The Committee has decided on a Maxwell
sport model, to be raffled off at the Freeport
Theatre on June 7th. A letter will be sent
out about .Mondey or Tuesday of next week.
Commander Schloss reported as to the boxing
bouts. The manager of the Freeport }uditorium
requested that the bouts be postpone1 for one
week, from March 23rd to .March 30th, so the
benefit performance will be held on March 30th.
The manager expects a local boy here, Archie
Walker, to be matched off with some light
weight from New York, to go on for twelve
rounds, if we can get the permission of the
Commissioner, only six rounds being usually e permitted. The net proceeds will go to this
Post.
Under sick call, George Preziosi was re­ported
as having the grip.
County Welfare Officer, Wallace J . Young,
spoke on the disability situation. The trip
to Albany last January has borne fruit. He
has word from Col. Wickersham that the State
Hospitalization Committee has approved the
reconstruction program, and they will now go
ahead with it. The proposition has already
been forwarded by the Veterans Bureau to Wash­ington
for approval, which means the Legion
will endorse that in their program for the year ..
and it looks very favorable in going through. ..
This proposition originated in Nassau County.
Will probably re-arrange the quotas of the
posts to meet the increased patients at Kinps
Park. The work will be divided between three •
organizations, the American Legion, American
March 16th, 1923 (continued).
~ Red Cross and the Knights of Columbus. These
~ three organizations at the present time are doin@
a great deal of work, but are not QUite familiar
with what the other is doing, and it is planned
e to divide the work so that each one will know exactly what the other is doing and there will be
no duplication. Will try to get the Red Cross to
do something else besides obtaining cigarettes,
leaving that to the Legion. As heretofore, local
organizations will make their shipments direct
to Kings Park and receive acknowledgments direct,
and the Legion will receive no personal credit
therefrom.
The local Council of Knights of Columbus here
has appointed a Welfare Officer here, who will
assist 1~ . Young in establishing liaison between
the Knights of Columbus and the Legion.
Requests that about the first of April, this
Post renew the cigarette drive throughout the
village, as it has been some time since we have
appealed to any of the organizations here.
Treasurer 's report was received and accepted,
showing balance on hand of $188 . 58 .
The Activities Committee reported about ~552.C
balance on hand.
The Commander presented the following com­munications:
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(1) From the State Commander, as to member­ship;
(2) From Holy Redeemer Council, No. 1974,
Knights of Columbus, inviting this Post to at­tend
s-ervices on Decoration Day, at 9 A. M. , at
the Catholic Church, Freeport, N. Y.
(3) Memor-andum from State Headquarters as
to the annual National Convention, to be held
at San Francisco on October 15th to 19th, 1923.
The trip consumes about nineteen days . The
memorandum showed schedule of rates, and was
posted on the bulletin board.
As to item (2) above, we have already ao­•
cepted .an invitation from the Rev. Thompson to
March 16th, 1923 (con~ inued).
attend services at the Methodist Church on
Memorial Day next, which invitation was ac­cepted
last September.
Motion w~s made, seconded and carried that e
the ~djutant inform the Holy Redeemer Council,
No. 1974, K. of C., we regret very much we
cannot attend, having already accepted a prior
invitation on Memorial Day morning, and that
this Post has gone on record that they will
hold their Memorial services in a different
church each year.
The Commander introduced Dr. Gilchrist, who
spoke on educational program regarding "Own
Your Own Home Crusade".
On motion duly made, seconded and carried,
Dr. Gilchrist was given a rising vote of thanks
for his remarks.
The meeting then proceeded to the raffle of e the rifle and pistol set. The drawing was
done by Commander O'Brien of the Lynbrook Post.
The drawing was done in the following manner:
first thre~,then four and then two numbers were
drawn, representing 342 the number of our Post.
The tenth and winning number was then drawn,
No. 103, held by Frank R. Goudge, a member of
this Post, and the rifle and pistol set there­fore
awarded to him. The proceeds of this
raffle are as follows:-
188 tickets sold, C 25¢ each, ~~47.00
Paid out for the set, 15.00
Profit, $32 •. 00
The Chairman then introduced Mr. William
O'Brien, Commander of the Lynbrook Post, who
gave a· ~ery interesting talk. On motion duly e
made, seconded and carried, he was given a
rising vote of thanks.
Under new business, Mr. Campbell reported
the County Committee is taking a referendum ~
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March 16th. 1923 (continued).
vote o~ the Posts in the County, as to the pro­cedure
for paying the expenses of the County
delegates to the State and National Convention.
The question is whether the post would favor an
assessment o~ approximately 20¢ per man for
this purpose, the means of raising the money to
be in the discretion of the Post.
Motion was made, seconded and carried that
this Post is in favor of such an assessment,
in defraying t he expenses o~ the County dele­gates.
The means o~ r aising this money to be
laid over for ~uture discussion.
Di.scussion as to holding a dinner in 1fay, on
the occasion of the o~ficial visit of the County
Chairman to this post, members of .all posts in
the first district o~ Nassau County to be in­vited.
The first district comprises the Legion
posts in Nassau County from Freeport to Woodmere.
This would really be a district affair, held at
Freeport, under the direction of this Post,
members of the other posts in this district to
be expected to pay their share.
Motion was made, seconded and carried that we
have a dinner, at a place to be designated by
the Committee, an invitation to be extended to
Posts and Auxiliaries in this district to attend
at their own expense, on the evening of May 25th.
Mr. Kedenberg spoke on the presentation o~ a
set of colors to our Auxiliary.
On motion duly made, seconded and carried, the
meeting adjourned.
Post Adjutant pro tem •
...
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Raymore was present at meeting of April
6th, 1923, and took down the minutes •
April 20th, 1923.
~ REGULAR MEETING of the William Clinton Stor)
Post , No. 342, American Legion, held at the
Legion room in the Olive Building, Freeport ,
N. Y., on Fri day, April 20th, 1923.
Commander Schloss presided.
acted as Adjutant.
The Treasurer
Reading of the minutes of the previous meet­ing
was dispensed with.
Report of the House Committee was received
and accepted.
Mr. Cruickshank .reported for the Dinner Com­mittee.
All arr angements are made for May 21st,
and i nvitations sent out to other posts in
Nassau County. Letters are ready to go out to
the Post members. Report accepted as read.
Mr. Johnson reported for the Memorial Day
Committee. Expect to h~ve represent atives here
from the Bri tish , French and Belgium War Vet­erans,
also a company of infantry and a band.
We will a l so probably be able to get the El ks
band. The plan is to attend church services
and parade in the morning, and in the afternoon
decorate Col. Roosevelt's grave a t Oyster Bay.
Refreshments to be served by the Women's
Auxiliary of the William Clinton Story Post and
the Relief Corps of the G. A. R • . Repor t ac­cepted
as read.
The Building Committee reported progress.
Mr. Lee, Chairman of the Maxwell oar Com­e
mittee, reported about $80.00 received to date. Report accepted aa read.
Dr. Kronmann reported for the Welfare Com­mittee.
The Committee is planning another drive
for cigarettes, and intends striking every
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organization in town. He r eported he is work­ing
on the case of Mervin I. Travers,of Freeport.
April 20th. 1923 (continued).
Report accepted as r ead.
Foreign Relations Commit tee reported pro­gress.
Mr. Blinn reported for the Ritual Com­mittee.
Th~y have prepared .a ritual, but think
it advisable not to commence using it until the
fall season.
By unanimous consent , it was decided to
put off the use of the ritual until the fall.
Personnel Officer reported 152 pai d-up
members to date for 1923. Biscusaion as to mem­bership.
Henry Kr~nz wa a made te~porary chair­man
c~ . Membership Commit tee until Mulcahy is
able to act as such.
No one was reported as being in sickness
or di stre as.
As to the Bowling Committee , the Commandertt
reported next Wednesday night is convenient for
the Rockville Centr e poet.
Mr. Johnson reported re church services
on demorial Day. There i s considerable con­fusion
as to whether to a.ocept · the invitation
of t he Rev. Thompson, of the Methodist Church,
or the Knights of Columbus, of the Cathclic
Church. Rev . Thompson ' s invitation is a prior
one , but it wasnot clear whether his invita­tion
was for Memorial Day or the Sunday before
Memorial D~y. The Commander outlined the sit­uation.
Mr. Muloahy outlined the position of
the Knights of Columbus. Mr. Cruickshank sug­gested
sending delegations to each church.
Motion was made, seconded and carried
that i nasmuch as we have an in vi tat i on ·from t'vo
churches for services on Memorial Day, that the
Post Commander divided those members who come
out for that purpose into two equal parts, and •
sent a part to each service, and that we advise
' April 20tb. 1923 (continued).
a the two organizations as to why we have not a
.., one hundred per cent attendance. This motion
applies only on this Memorial Day.
The matter of speakers for Memorial Day was
left to the Committee.
Under new business:
The Commander presented our newly elected
Village President, Hilbert R. JOhnson, who
addressed the meeting.
The Commander also introduced Mr. W. Walker
Tait, an associate member of this Post, and Com­mander
of the 308th Infantry Post, of New York
City, who addressed the meeting.
Mr. Young spoke on civic activities. This
SUnday night commences Garden Week, in which each
organiz~tion is expected to assist in beautif~
ing the approach to the village. Suggested ttat
instead of contributing plants and shrubbery,
which the other organizations are doing, that we
contribute something that would be of more
material use. Suggested that we present, if
possible , to the Vill~ge of Freeport, two cement
scats and bird bath, which have been made up by
the disabled men at Kings Park, which we can
puro.ba.ae at a sum not exceeding i25.00.
Motion was m4de, seconded and carried,
directing the Treasurer to turn over to Mr.
Young sufficient money to purchase the said two
seats and bird bath, to be presented to the
Village of Freeport.
Mrs. Robert H. Earon , in behalf of the It Women's 4uxiliary, extended invitation to at­tend
a social at the Columbus Avenue School on
the evening of their next meeting, May 4th,
1923. Mr. Cruickshank offered the use of the
dining room in the South Shore Apartments for
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the occasion. The invitation of the Women's
Auxiliary was accepted by a rising vote.
~11 20th. ~923 (continued).
The Commander extended, through Mrs. Earo~
an 1nv1 tat ion ·to the Women's Auxilia.l'y to at­tend
the lecture at the South Shore Apartments
on Friday evening, May 27th, 1923.
On motion duly made, seoonded and oarried,tt
the meeting adjourned.
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June 1st , 1923.
Regular .meeting of tt.e William Clinton Sto~y
Post , No . 342 , american Legion , held at the Leg1on
Room in the Olive Building, Freepo;r:t , u. Y., on
Friday evening, June 1st , 1923, Co~~nder Schloss
presiding.
Minutes of the previous meeting were approved
as read .
The Chair~n of the Dinner Committee reported
on the annual dinner, held at the Crystal Lake
House, Freeport , N. Y., on hlay 21st, 1923, in honor
of our County Chairman, Robert D. Campbell . The
affair was a great success , 110 dinners being served ,
and showed a profit of approximately $13.00 , which
was t urned over to the Entertainment Corrunittee .
The Memorial Committee expressed its thanks for
the cooperation of the Post in making our annual
Memorial Day the greatest success since our organ­ization.
A rising vote of thanks was given to the
chairman, .Jr . Cecil H. Job.nson, and to 1.1:u jor Ras­mussen,
for their hurd work in bringing about the
success of the celebration •
.The Chairman of the Welfare Committee repo"rted
seven thousand cigarettes from the K. K. K. for the
disabled veterans at Kings ·Park.
Motion made and seconded that the K. K. K. be
thanked through the medium of the public press.
Considerable discussion was then held at to whether
this was the best procedure under the circumstances.
After considerable deliberation, motion withdrawn •
.~.A:otion made and seconded that the same be ac­cepted
and no acknowledgment be sent by the post and
that cigarettes be forwarded in the usual manner to
the authorities at Kings Park for receipt in the
usual manner . llotion withdrawn .
Motion made and seconded that the matter be
dropped . When put to a vote, nine voted in favor
and twenty- one opposed . 1roti on lost .
lJot ion made and seconded to keep cigarettes and
Adjll.tant be instructed to communicate with the State
Co~nander for a ruling as to the procedure to be
follOwed. ~.lotion carried .
June 1st , 19~3 (continued).
Temporary Chui.cman of the Membership Com­mittee
reported progress , there being an increase
of fifty-nine members from Uay lnt, 1923 to June
1st, 1923, bring the total membership to 217 .
I.1axwell Comr.Iittee reported 0362 . 00 having
been received toward returns on raffle and stateJ
that it would be necessary for the raffling date
to be indefinitely postponeJ. until sufficient
funds were received for the purchase of the car .
~otion ~de and seconded tlmt one or more Legion­aires
be hired by the com.mi ttee to sell subscrip­tions
on the car at ten per cent of their returns •
.1.10 t ion carried .
Conmunication from the Board of Education,
assuring us of its assistance toward our purchas­ing
the Wide Awake Engine Company house , now sit­uated
on the south-west corner of Pine and Church
Streets, Freeport , U. Y. , reported and filed .
Resignation of Ur . Henry B. Raymore as Post
Adjutant accepted .
Communication from the Seaford Fire Depart- \ A
ment Ent ertainrnent Committee, requesting the w
prese.1ce of the Post at a patriotic celebration,
to be held in that town on Independ.ence Day.
Liotlon mnde , · seconded and carried that this in­vitation
be accepteJ. and the Seaford Fire Depart­ment
be advis.ed as to our acceptance.
Motion made, secondetl and carriei that this
I-ost entertain the Ladies Auxiliary in the very
near future . !Jatter referred to the Activities
CO!Iliilittee.
L1aj or Rasmussen spoke with regard to the
splendid turnout of the Post on Deco rat ion Day
and regarding his entertaining the British Offi­cers
and. soldiers on their return from Oyster Bay
in the evening. "He also gave us a very interest­ing
talk on 'the anny career of l.I ajor J .A.Belton,
who was one of our guests for the day.
I.Ioti on made and seconded t hat on all Memorial
Days in the future this Post shD.ll hold services e
in the open under our own suyervision and the
ceremonies be conducted by a regula1· army chaplain
or the Post Commander to offic io.te . Unanimously
carried .
June 1st, 1923 (continued}.
Suggestion was made to the Activities Committee
that we foster a sail from Freeport to the beach,
serving dinner at Cnnrlie Johnson's, with smoker
entertaintlent to follow, it being understood that this
is to be a stag affair •
.Motion made , .seconded and carrieJ. that the Ad­jut
ant communicate with .Nationa 1 Heu.dyuart ers, re­~
ard ing the American Legion Essay Contest for High
uchool pupils, in order that we could submit same
to Freeport school p~ils in order that they can
participate therein.
There being no further business, motion made,
seconded and carried that we adjourn.
/ Post Adjutant.
June 15th, 1923 .
Hegular meeting of the William Clinton Story
l?ost, Uo. 342 , American Legion, he ld at the Legion
room, in the Olive Building , Freeport, H. Y., on
Friday evening , June 15th , 1923 , Com1nander Schloss
presiding.
~inutes of the previous meeting were approved
as read •
... Iemorial Cor.uni tt ee reported progress .
Communication from Urs. William S. Cameron,
of JJ:iarna , Florida, thanking the .~..1emorial Committee
for· decorating the gr~ve of her son at Greenfield
Cemetery, read and placed on file .
1.1ember ship Committee reported progress and ad­vised
that two new members signed up since previotw
meeting.
1laX'.-vell Conmittee reported receipts to date
on returns $648 . 50, also that ~200 . 00 .(}ad been taker.
from the Entertainr;1ent fund andadded to the 0600 .00
mentionel above, making a total of $800 . 00 paid as
a deposit on the car , which ic now Legion property.
The chairman of said committee reported that he in-
June 15th, 1923 . (uontinued) .
tendei planning and operating an extensive cam­paign
to round up the delinquents and to sell the
remaining books . -
The Welfare Committee and the House Committee
reported progress.
Communicati on from the Boy Scouts, requesting
a donation to aid them in their drive , was read,
and motion made, secondeJ ani carried that the Post
donate $25 . 00 to such a worthy cause .
M:r . Edward J . Haze, chairman of the first
district of Nassau County, was then introduced by
the Commander and gave us a very interesting talk
on his visit at ions to other posts in the county ,
and also regarding the Government insurance , which
be deemed the best insurance in the country for
legionnaires .
Commander Sch l oss then reported to the Post
with regard to a delegation led by himself and the
County Commander, Robert D. Campbell, which visiteJ
the Village Board meeting which was called by said a.
Board to investigate the activities or the inactiv- .-r
ities of the 1,1emorial Library Commi t t ee , in wh i ch
he stated that it was suggested that a petition be
signed re~uesting the Board to call a special
election for the taxpayers to vote on proposition
as to whether they ·.vere agreeable to bei ng taxes
for completing of the library started three years
ago . He also stated that he had received a tele­phone
eonversation from a member of the above men­tioned
co~i t t ee, re~uesting that .he appoint three
legionaires t o act on this commitpee. When r e­questing
the Post to vote on this proposition , same
was unanimousl y defeat e(i. Cons i derable discll.SSion
was then had regarding this worn t;iut subject .
l.1otion made, seconded and carriel thut this dis­cussion
be discontinued .
The Commarder then introduced some new members
in the Post, also the sick, lame and lazy.
It was brought to our attention th.a t some bu(l- e
dies in Bel lmore had app l ied for a charter to organ­ize
a Bellmore Post , which was heartil y en•torsed. by
the post, and suggestion was made that a delegat1on
June lf>th, 1923 (continued) .
from this Post be present at their installation of
officers.
• A rising vote of thanks was given to ilr . Cecil
Johnson for compiling a booklet regardin~ qur recent
Memorial Day activities .
11rs. l!.;aron, former President of the Ladies
Auxiliary, was then introduced and told us what the
Ladies Auxil iary were doing for us and hoped to do
for u.s in the future, stating that she had realizeJ.
~70 . 00 on a recent card party, and that they had
forwarded over $1,000 to the Veterans Liountain Camp .
The Co~nander then called for volunteers to act
on special committee to canvas the village with re­gard
to the Maxwell o&r, and the following menbers
volunteered their services : -
Mr. H. Kranz (Vice- Chainnan)
Leo Schloss
Clifford R • .t.lahnken
Wallace Guest
J oseph IlcC l oskey
Walter Kane
I.ter le Post
Frank Post
Wil lis Johnston
William Ward
Jacob Kedenberg
Harry Blinn
It was decided that the night of July 12th, 1923
would be the time \7hen the i.Iuxwell would be given
away. _
There being no further business, the meeting ad­journed.
Post Ad jut ant .
July 6th, 1923.
!t.JGUL.R ~ ... ...::.n..JG of the ·,H.Ll.Lri. 1I .rOl .• L'ORY
Pc;;):', !fo. 34: .. , .. me ric:..n 1egi Jn , ~ -..::..i ut the .... egion
Roo!!l , in the Oli v Building, :'reeport , I • Y. , on
Fr iduy evening, July 6tl1 , 1923, Co!Y'nander .;;Chlo .... s
presidi:nc; •
... inut es of the previous r1eeting were approved
:..s read •
... .re .. 1bership Committe8 reported proere~. , ~· ith
total members to de.te 221 Lnd 4 ass.oci$.te .omberb.
\/Glfa.re Commit tee reported progre:::Js, and ad viced
cf donetion of ~iB . OO froo ',tilling 'Jorkers of the
1
Da ughtera of Americun Hevolution.
Disu"bility Officer Young reported of huvin~ gone j
Kings Po.r '{ h t the breaking of the gr oun :1 ex ere ise J
July 4th.
to
on
......... "XWell Car Corm:1ittee reported progreE~s , : . md re­c;.
uest ed that speciul notice be san.t to all r.1embe1·s
urging ret urn of all r'1oneys and uaso ld books not
let er tnun ~hursde.y evenins, July 12th. .Reg:tlurly
~o-ved, secondet and curried that this notice be
sent .
Ur. Lee then presented the Cor!ll!lender ;-;i th gr. vel
domtted by •. :r. Christian E. ~ern. It wus therefore
reeularly uoved, ~econded ~nd. curried that e rising
vote of thanks be extended to :rr. X.ern , anrl that
the Adjutant be instructed to corrnmnicate Y!ith this
gent le.1en thunJcin~ hiL'l in beh~lf' -.Jf the Iost. 1J.
r is ir1r vote •)f tlwnk s ex:t ended.
Co!ru:mnicuiion then read by the Counnunder, receivcc1.
frorn the Count~r Co ·mw.nder , regurding County Con-vent
ion to be held at Sen Cliff on Sc..tu rd. a r, ;rnly
G8th , end as:ring tlw t delegn.tes be el JcteJ. to re­rresent
this Po.t at suid convention.
'lhe following were elected : -
:Jeln.?;e.tes ,
Jose~l . ... c..; loskey
Hem:y C. l r~ ...1 z
George R. Christie
:~l ter .1ut e:::.
JaCOO l'o .._:pJenberg
l):r . L.. C • Duilker
:.;:1.gene ',! . hellunrl
Delen-ates.
( cont inueJ)
Eugene H. Lee
leo Jchloss
! ~ro ld Goller
Clifford K. llahnken
',/illiam .Jnkl er
Wallaoe Guest
~1.l te~n .... t es .
(continu::..:)
F1·ank Goudge
leo l.!aher
George J?reziosi
Heward l.Iahnken
~lillhn Himmel
Harold .:::. Brown
Motion made, seconded and carried that nomina­tions
be closeJ , m1d one vote be cast for all
numed above .
H.egu la.r ly !!!O">ed, seconded und ce.rried thnt a
co nr!littee on essay for public scnool pupil s, con­sisting
of five members ~ to v;ork up u program
and decide as to awards , be appointed by the chair.
~he followi11g ~ere appointed:-
Henry c. Kranz
Harold Goller
John ~ruickshank
Langu.on
Harold A. Blinn
Special ~nterta;l.nment Committee appo i nted for
the PJ.rpose of arran""ing a sale from Freeport to ea
Charlie Johnson ' s, to participate in a shore di nner
onl ent o r tu i nm~nt, reqUI:s:Jt.~ a. a vote us to v;.hether
such an entertainment and outing at the eKpense of
qpproximctely ~5 . 00 per person , would be agreeable
to the :Post . On culling for a vet r>, ;_ t developed
21 of those present being in favor, .,,hich was a
majority of the meeting, and 11 of said 21 pleiged
to bring one friend .
Regulnrly moved , seconded and carried , that we
adjvurn .
_tlost Adjutant.
July 20th. 1923.
Meeting of the William Clinton Story Post, No.
342, American Legion, held at the Legion Roo~, in
the Olive Buildi1~~ Freeport, N.Y., Commander
Schloss presiaing.
Minutes of the previous meeting approved as read.
Maxv1ell Car Committee reported an approximate
profit on the oar of $650.00.
OUting Committee reported regarding the sail to
be held .August 11th, an ~ in vie~ of the fact that
the poet would hold another meeting before the sale
a final report would be made at that time.
Civic Committee reported progress.
House Comroi ttee reported. one dozen decks of pla~r­irg
cards having been received as a aonat ion from
the Schultz Novelting & Sr;.orting Goods Co., Inc., of
132 Naee'"tu Street, new York. It was therefore
regularly moved, seconded anc carried that a letter
of acknowledgment and th~nks be sent to the above
mentioned company .for same.
Building Co~nittee reported progress.
Mot ion ll'1ade , secon&ed anO.. carried that this Post
hta.ve d. sail c:mx.tu:gma1txrtk for the Ladies • Auxiliary
on tfhioh only post members una. members of the
Ladies• Auxiliary bnd their fGmilies be invited.
All expenses to be aefrayed by the Post Treasury,
and th~t committee appointed by the Co~r.ande r have
full power to make all ~rrangements and to set date.
Communication from the World War Veterans Club,
of IJindenhurst, N. Y., requesting th<:i.t this post
parade in a body on the opening night of their
carnival, on Wednesd~y evening, August 15th, was
then read, an~ it w~s regularly moved, seconded and
carried that their request be declined and that
said club be notified of the action taken by this
post.
Motion made , seconded and carried that corr~unica­tion
be addressed to the SUrplus Property Division,
Q. M. C. , W~shington, D. C., relative to the obtain­ing
of uniforms for the buddies who are without same.
Motion m~de, seconded dnd carried that the Com-
July 20th, 1923 (continued).
ma.nder act as a committee of one to confer with the
F~eeport Boy Scout Council relative to the adoption
of Troop 9 by this post. The above mentioned troop
not being sponsQred by any organization in the
Town, as are the other troops.
Motion made that each man, who is a candidate
for bf.fio~ in this post, be compelled ,to state
his platform on the propositions vital to the in­terests
of this post, anq that Mr. Jacob Kedenberg
be named chairman of committee to draw up resume
or questionnatte. After considerable discussion,
this motion was ruled out by the commander.
In vie.w of statement in the local press, motion
made, seconded ~dx~«xxx«~ that if some members of
the IJi brary Cqmmi tt ee who were to .. visit the post
on the next meeting, ~ith regard to raising neces­sary
funds to complete the library, be informed
that they were welcome at our meeting, but they were
no4 to aek this post's aid, as we were on record as
not being in favor of ~he library as a memorial and
therefore would not support it. Furthermore, that
these men were not to be extended an invitation
to this meeting for this purpose. ~ter consider­able
discussion, the above motion was w~thdrawn.
Motion made, seconded ~~d carried that the dele­gates
to the County Convention from thi s post be
instructs~. to vote or request that the State Welfare
,Commi ttee~ a.cked up, and that County Welfare Offi­ce~
Young be recommended to the New State Commander
on hi s election for the office or State ~elfare
Committee Chairman.
Letter of thanks ordered sent to Murray ' s Gas
Stat i on , for donation or five gallons of gas used
by the Maxwell Commi ttee.
There being no furthe·r business, the meeting
adjourned.
Poet Adjutant.
Aup,~st 3rd, 1?23.
William Clinton Story Post,
~; .... ~~~~ A:uc1'.1.Ca.u Legion, nela. ar. the Legion room,
in the Olive Buildinp-, Freeport, ~-:. Y., on Frida$'
~vening , Au6Ust 3rd, 1923 . Com ~nder Schloss prc­siuea..
Minute a of the r revious u,eeting Ct.lJproved as read.
Civic coff~ittee reported progress.
Outing Cornmi ttee reported !)ro~reo s , also tti:i.t from
fina.J. reports the Ler:;ionnd.ires :-:ere not supporting
the outing us well as was expeote6...
Mr. Henry C. Xranz, spokePr.t!an for delega.tes to
the County Convention1 reported reg"rdinp- :the Con­vention
a~d ~dvised tnat Sea Cliff Post had been
awarded the banner for the fiscal yPa,. &.no. that
civic activity_ ;1as a great drawing ca.rd i n awarding
of said banner and suggested that this Post take
more action in civic af:airs in the future.
In view of the -above sug-:;estion, raotion r:.a.:ie ,
~ seconded and carried that a ccm .ittee o: t~o be an­.,.,
pointed as a Civics Committee anu to keep a complete
file of the activities of th~ Post in civic affairs.
It was reported thc.t ·rervin Combs had undergone an
oper 1.~ot ion \:l.nd \'1t1.s at the :iineola Hospital ) u.1 u it
was therefore re 6"'lllarly moved, seconded and carried
thct flowers ~nQ magazines be Qent to the above mem­ber
by the Uelfaxe Officer.
Finance Officer reports present rnerabership 222.
Motion 'l.a.de, seconded. anu. cJ.rr1ed th~:~.t all n1oney
derived from the Ma~~ell Car CU9paien be turned over
by the trt}~surer of said committee to the treasurer
of the Ent61ft1tfrutttmt Con .. ittee {~. R. Lee), with
inatructions trl1.t he open a saYine;s acoount \·ith
s3.id. funds.
Buildin:..> COlJmlit.te.e reported progress, (and t~;.t they
hau a site in view)and negotiatiors were ~~aer r.~y at
che present ti~e, ~nd that the Peat could expect ac­tion
in the near future)
Motion made, seconaed dnd carried th~t if proclama­tion
be issued by President Ccolridge, deaign~ting
any pl;l.l"ticula.r day as a day of moul:Iling over the
August 3rd, 1923 (continued).
death of the late Presi~ent Warren G. Har ding, that
this Post go on recoru ~a r e ~uesting all store
keepers in the vill~ge to close t he entire day, or
at least during the t ime set f or t he funeral.
Hot ion rr.w t.. , seco~("ed and. carr!.ed that He a ~r s .
. Oxenha:·a and vCloskey be ap!;o in~ed a committee of
t wo t o take up r.ith N~t i onal HeG~quartera , American
Legi on, ~equest ing inf ormat i on ~ith regard to ob­taininl•
un electric sign or globe for this Post.
A r i sing vot e of the:&.n!:a was then ::;i ven to Thort:as
Gr ogan f or making bookcase for t he Legi on room.
c Ther e bei ng
journed.
no fur ther bu s ine as , tlle meeting
~-'4-- Post Adjut ant .
ad-
AU9'1.J.St J. 7th, 1823.
!~eting of the Willia Clinton Story Post , No .
342 , A~e r ican TegicnL held in t he Legion Room, i n
the 011 ve Buildi nrt;, 1:rreeport , :· . Y. , on Friday
eveninG, August 17th, 1923 . Commander Schloss pre-sided
.
} 1nute s of re-.rious meetL1g ·ere ap.~roved. as
read, after changes were mane.
Electric ai n co .. mi t'.;ee reported pro0 re ss .
~he Outing Com,.,i t 'tee reported th_ t the outing '>;US
a succe3~ , )Ut tlll:i.t the Post did not su~1~ort it as
\Te~l a a 1 s ex_ ected . Tne Con.i::ander then a vi sed
t hu.t the commi ttee had shcLre6. in def r3.ying the los a
u.nd tha-t he uid not fe~l th~~.t they should he ex1 ectal
to this . It· ~s therefore regularly ffioveu , seconded
~r.cl CQ.rried thE\.t the Treasurer r~Lr.~"'>urse .. be committee
in the amount of t\7ent y-three ( $23) C:ollar e.
Civic Comrni ttee r'eported progress.
Uelfare Officerrcported tha~ ~aga?.ines had been
sent to Buday ~rvin Combe, also read co unic tion
from St"'te :c:eaclqua:r t ers r::: '.rdine u budcly (Leo Bern­stein)
~ho is at Kings Park, requesting th~t this
Post do \hate~er ppssible to .ahe his stay t} re e
pleasant one.
embership Corrnit~ee repcrtel pr?gTess .
Buildin~ Co1 n:i ttee l'e orted ~h t eAi·in"" !'ad been
held durin~ the previous week , a!1c". th t 1 t had · .. e~n
the corc-~naua of the r CE'ting that we should have mor e
monP.y before taldnQ' . l')Y steps before taking any
steps to:v~.rcl 'builcli·1c:;, u!ld th::tt they :!llUSt formulate
plans for raising sufficient funQs .
The Com• ana.er reported regarding the Cornrr:tmi ty
service , 1 ~lCL in m~mor~r of our lett~ .?residen.t \7arren
G. Ha:~l 1"1·; at the Freeport '.:'he~~tr~.
The Corrununder then an::1ou..~cen th t _ . C. Johnson
e and C. W. Raynor ere ap.oin~ed Civ:c r -it t ee i n accorda..Ylce ' i th mot icn of ~ r:::vioua r: eeting .
Af"':;er u. a.iscussicn ,1 -:;h reg~rd to the co ... in
elect i on, it w s re~~larly .oved, seconde~ an~ car­ried
that thP. nom in t ions ...:or t:.e \r rious officers
be ~aGLe fro .. the fJoor , a.r.d thu.t the cuatc .. ry
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nomino.tin oounittee be disp~nsed .~ith fer this
e:J.ection .
Co.nrnand.er then advi&e..: · hy the Le .orial C .~.m. u.ign­Co
.. i ttee had been invited :o tr.is rr.eeti '-' ' )tatin..,
that it had been the consensus of the Ex,c •ive
Cor; .... ittee in view of sa.i:i corn ittee 1 s request , to
outline their .. lana for a~t ivities to the Post.
The Corn and.er furthe·r stated th~t he had ad:.;ised
them tht1.t they •.ould be permitted only to outline
their plans, and t~-t they .oula rot be ermitted to
request us to take any action. He also spoke about
the fact that '· recent issue of the d ily reae
q""Joted him Ct.s having been anpoi nted a Vice-Prt:)n' .ient
on the above raentloned com:.ittee, and stated tl;' t
he had co1 sen ted. to act in. this capacity proviY-i ng
it was the wish of the Post.
After considerable discussion~ motion r·1a lP,
sc~ondecl that no Ji~~ussicn w•. ts to he held t this
meeting regarding trP J.i bra.ry. fT'ren vote tcu.:~m, it
ras founct that eai~ ~~otion r.as Ci.efP. tecl.
l!otion then made that "'e res""ind the motion
car=ie~ in subsequent r.e~ting , to the effect th t~
there oulci be no furth.or- di.scus3icn regarding t·.e
library at any time. After b~!lot takeu, it as
four.d that. this ucticn 'as lest.
Trustee Haxscn, of the Villa.ge Eot1rd., as then
i:- troduc.ed. by the Comrr.a.nd.er an..: r;,.ve us ..... Yery
eloquent s.eeoh ~ ith regard to the emorial Library,
tha oou it~ee and what he ho~e~ the villaee ould
o.o ~owa.r.l cornpleti:.:l the proj ect, '1l.ich · c t:o tax
t!'le l:Jeople o.Z the viJ,.l .... ce tor (:;\. su.r.t of ~3v , .JUO.
He ~lao st~ted that in vieN of the 0 reut ~1 ht ~hich
the Legj. on had in the vilh.. . 1 e , ·e could do much in
aiC.ing in the COJu.!)le t ion cf the lihrcs.ry , an" ho. ed
that we \roul d not thrcu a wet blan.t.et on the affair.
M.r. !Jevey, the spokesman for the ne .ly a. pointed
C ..... u a!.gn Cor. ni t·tee, r:as then in trcd.uced E:.na. cor. tended
thu.t .cl'son""l anirr.csity tc tl.rd certuin me,.bere of
the . re·sent Library Con;mi ttec lj.s keepin stirr.e from
being built. H~ =urtber st~~ed that this com ittee ,
:1ich he l'e resenteu, '1 c. : othing ·-ha:eoever to do -
wi:h the Library Co .rr.it~ee , but as a com ittee of
1 u~lic spir!.ted citizens orki~g cnly to r_ise su:f·­cient
funds so this builcing could oe co leted,
, 1:ic'l ~e con ... end<>d ould be a .. emo::-i l to the dead .
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Au~et 17th. 18~3 (~or.tinued) .
.::.u· . Suth.orla.."'la., ~he ch i:::-m n of the Cat aim
CorA i ttee; s thr--n introduced ncl jt~st ad.led a
fe·.1 re arks to bacv U!) thooe made by Hr. I evey.
After feu quea""icna t•ere as:.ed. by ~"' bers of
the ~oat cf th.ose gentle~~n , Buddy ally Yeung
adY:!. sed Er. ·:axson of the c ir.icn of the LAr.ion as
a w~ole, ~hich ~us to the effect th t we contended
that the T.~ibrary Cornmittee had u.one as much as
'Ov3sible and should be dismissed . Hr. !axson then
stated thJ.t he 'iCUld recomn.end at the next Village
Board meet ing th~t this oom~ittee be ischarged .
· oticn made, seconded ann c~rried to eAtend a
risinG vote of thanks to Mr. ~&a.xson.
Motion macte, seconded _nd o<::~.rried to extend ...
rj. sing vote of thanks to Bud<J.y Young.
Hr. Ec1.wa.rd J. Maze , Ch::iir!!.:.l.ll of the First District
of n""'ss4u County, Wd.s then introduced, ana. adviaed.
thu.t the Lynbrook Post rta.; ._,ivirt: entE:rto.inrr.ent and
band conoer~li for the veterar· s at Kings Park 1 ana.
reque steel tlw.t this Post te:t.l..e purt .... nd. aid ther_.
Mot ion then ~a~e, seccnced and carried that the
~atter be _laced in the t.~n~s-of the Yelfare Officer.
Co-~ittee on sail advised tb t after talking with
various laa.ies of the Ao.:.:d.liary, +,ney advised they
.·ould rather be enterta.ined ,. it'l a. dance .
Hot ion made , aeconc.et.i nd carried th:.t we pub:!J Gr
sta.te!'ll~=>nt rc_)irdine uhe~.t transpil~eo. in this ... eet1ng,
bt~t not to divul ge stnte•1ents of the speakers.
ThE" Co·~mancter then f3~·oke of t hA L!!die s 1 Auxili.. ... r~r
Baza ... r, to hA he l c: at trp Crystu.l TJRke ,..ouse on
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one unanimous baJlot for John Cruictsh~nk as
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c.f Co~r.c-,nder in a_ 1-ropri ~.te e::.nd eloquent ~9.ngt u.ge .
:·o!::inations ·ere then iTI order for ""'irst Vice­Cor!:-..
ander , nnd the follm ir.e mer::bero .ere nor:..­n.
ted:- H,_.nry C. Kranz unCi Joseph H. 1lcGloskey •
. oti on n:ad~' , 3ecor,ded and cc..r r:i en thct.t the
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September 2lat, 1923.
Regular meeting of the William Clinton Story Post,
No. 342, American Legion, held at the Legion Room, in
the Olive Building, Freeport, N. Y., on Friday even­ing,
September 21st, 1923. Commander Cruickshank
presided.
Minutes of previous meeting were approved as read.
Entertainment Committee reported that they were
now working on our Fifth Annual Armistice Dance, to
be held on Saturday evening, November lOth.
Electric light yommittee reported that an American
Legion electric light sign would cost $28.00. Com­mittee
was discharged with thanks.
Personnel Officer reported paid-up membership of
224.
House Committee reported total amount of $12.50
in the treasury.
On suggestion of the Commander, motion made,
seconded ~nd carried that he be empowered to engage
the Odd Fellows Hall for our future meetings at the
ooat of $10.00 per month.
The Commander then advised names of the various
chairmen of committees appointed by the Executive
Board and reque sted each one to outline briefly
his plan of aotion for the ensuing year.
Regularly moved, seoonaed and c&rried that $25.00
be drawn from the Post fun~s and loaned to the
Entertainment Committee for working fund.
Commander appointed Buddy Ware as chairman of the
Athletic Committee and suggested that all m~mbers
who play basket ball or bowl submit their names
to the chairman who will enter teams in each sport
to represent the post.
Motion made and seconded that the election of th~
Executive Committee, which took place at the previous
meeting1 be declared null ann void. The Commander
ruled tnis motion out of order.
On an appeal from the decision of the chair the
post voted the decision down, by a ·&eO'ret ballot
of 20 to 7. When the original was put it was
unanimously voted that the election be null and
void, and that a reelection be held the following
meeting.
Seoond Vice-Commander McCloskey reported to the
post as a delegat~ to the State Convention held at
Saratoga, which report ~as commended by the Com­mander.
There being no further business, the meeting
adjourned.
October 5th. 1923.
Re gular meeting of the William Clinton Story Post,
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No. 342, American Legion, held in Odd Fe l lo~s Hal l ,
Freeport, N. Y., on Friday evening, October 5th,
1923. Commander Cruickshank presided.
Minutes of the previous meeting were ·approved as
read.
The treasurer reported $85 .41 balance on hand.
Bill from Franklin Bedell for $30.00, for three
months' rent, in advance , for Odd Fellows Hall,
authorized paid.
Mr . Campbell spoke on the action taken at the
previous meeting relative to considering the election
of the Executive Board null anu void, and endeavored
to enli ghten the members as to his relative to a
comment made by him which was overheard at the meet­ing,
which was believed to have been instrumental in
causing the reopening of the nominations after par~
of the ballots had been collected. Mr. Young al so
~ commented o~ thi s action and laid particular stress
... on the fact that he believed that personal feelings
and animosity had been the cause for such action,
and made motion that the proceedings of the following
meeting be con·sidered unconstitutional in accordance
with Robe~ts Rules of Parliamentary Law and that the
motion on the minutes of the previous meeting be
stricken therefrom and that notice be sent to all
members regarding this fact . This motion was seconded
providing secret ballot be taken. The result of the
vote was twenty-four in favor and thirteen opposed,
therefore motion carried.
The Commander then took the opportunity of con­gratulating
Messrs . Kranz, Christie and Grogan on
their success in increasing the population of this
village.
· Resig~ation of Robert D. Campbell from the Execu­tive
Board was then r ead, and it was regularly moved,
seconded and carried by a secret vote of thirty-one IIJ to five that this resignation be not accepted.
Motion made, seconded and carrien that the Post
procure a copy of Roberts Rules of ·Parliamentary
Procedure.
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Oct. 5th, 1923 (continued) .
Frank Post then spoke of the ill-bred remark of
one of the members to our past commander with re­gard
to a little joke which was pulled off at the
meeting of September 7th, 1923, an~ t~en presented
Leo Schloss .with a gift from the Post in recogni­tion
of his services to the post during his year
of office. llr. Schloss accepted same in appro­priate
language •
. Chairman Himmel , .of the Entertainment Committee,
advised that in view of the fact that the activi­ties
of his committee were increasing and that the
post was having a moving picture benefit on October
31st, he required an aaaitional appropriation of
twenty-five ~ollars to carry on same .
Motion made, seconded and carrie~ that the Treas­urer
loan th~ requested sum.
Personnel Officer requested authority to have
five hundred application c~ds printed, which
authority was granted.
Chairman Hi~el , of the Entertainment Committe9
announced that the Fifth Annual Armistice Night
dance would be held on November lOth, 1923, at the
Odd Fello~s Hall, an~ that he had secured the Amer­ican
Theatre for the night of October 31st , at which
time "Flashes of Action" would be shown.
Chairman McCloskey, of the Membership Committee,
reported that a fund was b~ing originated for the
Membership Drive, and requested donations not to
exceed $1.00.
Chairman Kranz, of the Building Committee, re­ported
progress, and when asked to make a report
for the Civic Committee stated that he felt that
he should be relieved of the chairm~nship of this
committee as the Building Committee would demand
most of his time. The Commander therefore appointed
Leo Sc~loas as chairma~ of the Civic Committee.
House Committee reported $24.50 in the Treasury.
Publicity Committee Cnairman Johnson outlined
several plans for activit~es in which he hoped to
make a success.
Check for $50. 00 was received from Mr. D. F.
Oct. 5th. 1923 ( continued) .
Mackin toward our Building Fund, and it was regular­ly
moved, secon~ ed and carried that acknowledgment
be sent to t his gentleman thanking him for his
donation , and also that t he Ma~ell Car Committee
be dis c~ged with thanks.
Communi cation was t hen reau from L. A. Smith &
Company, of Philadel phia , Pa. , with regard to post
caps w.nd arm bands,. G.nd the commander advised that
he would send for one of these oa.ps and b anda in
o r~er th~t the post mi ght view them and decide &a
to what act i on would be taken wi t h regard to the
purchase o! same . ·
The commander then called a recess for refresh­ments,
which was very ably ser ved by the kitchen
police of t he eveni ng, namely, Messrs. Christie,
Young, Campbell, Schloss and Mahnken.
The meeting then adj ourned •
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Post Ad jutant.
October 19th . 1923 .
Regular oeeting of the Willi am Clinton Story
Post , No. 342, American Legion , held at the Odd
Fello~s Hall , on Herrick Roo.d, Freeport , N. Y. ,
on FriCl~::~.y evening ~ October 19th, 1923. CominanO.er
Cruickshank presided.
Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as
rel=4d.. ·
Treasurer ' s report showed balance of $17 . 21 in
the ban~ .
Membership Committee r eported pr ogr ess .
The Commander t hen introduced all new mem~ers
taken in at the meetin~.
Disabi l i ty Commi ttee reporte~ progress.
House Committee repor ted amount of $7 . 50 in the
treasury an~ r equested tP~t the members polioe up
the dugout occasionally, ~ue to the fb.ct that we
are without janitor service.
Oct. 19th, 1923 (continued).
Publicity Cow~ittee reported progress an~
·stGted that with regar~ to the bulletin published
monthly, that it spoke for itself.
Building Committee stated that a detailed re­port
would be made at ·the next meeting.
Athl·eti-c Cornmi ttee reported that arrangements
had been maae with·the management of the Freeport
Auditorium to stage a prelin.inery game for The
American Legion on all basket ball nights with
the proceeds of one-quarter of the net profit to
go to the Building Fund.
Ritual Committee reported progress.
Motion made, seconded andcarried that the chair­man
of the Civic Committee be instructed to wait
upon the Vi·llage Board with resolution to the ef­fect
that we request that the Honor Roll at the
depot be repainted and new flags placed upon same,
and also that it be lighted each night.
In view of the fact that Fri~Y, October 26th,
, .. as the celepration of the Fiftieth Wedding Anni­versary
of Commander Patterson of the G. A. G.,
motion mad.~., seconded an~ carried tha.t letter of
congra~ulations be sent to this gentleman and his
\'fife.
Refreshments were then served by the· capable
K.· P.·'s, Buddies Guest, Johnsen, Goller, Himmel
and "' '· ·
Motion made, seconded an~ carried that boquet
be sent to Commander on next Friuay, October 26th.
After considerable discussion wi,th regard to an
alleged advertising campaign in connection with
ash cans to be purchased by the Legion,· it was
regularly moved, seconded and carried that this
matter·be laid over for two meetings.
Mr. Young then spoke on the work of the Veterans
Mountain Camp.
In view of the fact th~v a rumor was r eceived
t o t he effect that the Ladies Auxiliary were to
vote on• whether they would change their meet i ng
nights, motion made , secondeo. and. carried that a
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Oct. 19th, 1923 (continued) .
committee of two ,lfai t upon them and advise us as
to their decision. B'udu.ies H. Mahnken anu Kron­mann
were appointed by the Cocmanuer , who reported
that upon arrival ~t Auxiliary Heauquarters , same
waa locked an~ no one there .
Motion m~e , secon~ed and carried that we go on
record as in f~vor of proposition No. 1 , whieh is
being submitte~ to the voters on Election Day, and
th~t we request the people to acquaint themselves
with this proposition more thoroughly.
Corame;..nder~:then cont;rat=101~~Joung on his
t1.ppo1ntroent the'<.S~ · . ~ tee. Mr.
Young then sp ke on the $50,000.Bond Issue as pro­vided
for in proposition No. 1 .
Motion made , seconded and carried that an Enter­tainment
be tendered to the ladies of the Auxiliary
in December or January.
Buddy Kranz spoke as to obtaining a set of
colors for th~ ladies Auxiliary and offered to se­cure
a set with his O'Tll funds and the Legion could
::-eir!burse him throu.;h :uonew:s der ived from punch
bou.rds TThich Bud 1y !.!cCloskey offered to obtain .
Upon reading comv.un:.cation fro!!l Francis Argui:n­b~
u it was regularly moveQ, seconded ann o~rrien
t~~t the Adjutant be instructed to advise the
above gentleman thd.t we woula. abide by the aeoision
of the H'-l...tionul Convention ~n the subject of our
stand on the bonus question.
After considerable discussion as to the action
of the former Library Comt.r.ittee in refusing to be
dismissed, it wa.s regularly moveu., seconded c.mc1.
o~rried that we go on recoru in av~roving the no­tion
of the Village Board. in dismissing this com­mittee,
and th~t a comounic~tion be sent to the
Boara advising them of our action.
There being no further busil'l:ess, the r.1eeting
adjourned •
Post A c. jutt.nt.
lJover::ber 2~.:- , :!.923 ,
Meeting of the \'lilli"":::l Clir.ton Story Post , No .
34~ , Americdn Le~ion ~ h~ld at the OlN Odd Fello~ e
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H .... l ~ ~ on l!errick Roa. 1 rre""-~Ycrt , 1:. Y. , on I<,ria.ay
avenin~ , November 2, u., 19::.3, Co!:'!:r.-"ld~r C ·uiokshank
pre sidir.ff .
On request of the CO!!:::!!-~der 1 ..... j or ~.cCleary in-troduce
'! .... jor Clc.rence B . Ros~ ~ "ihe s. ea.r..er of the
eveni ~ ~ .ho used as his to_ ic ""'ne Hu dred Per Cent
AA~ er1r• - .. • sr.l II d ..;l. lt .J.. h • 1 "- of' 1 an u.\Ve on ... e r_cuca moverr.en~~s o.
today in A,_erica.. The t : ... 'las very stimulatir.e and
enli~ht~ning . A risine vote of thanks was then
te!1dered to the Major.
The Commander then ca.lled the ... e<=ting to order for
the purpose of c~rrying on the usu~l businPss .
Hinutes of th~ previous meeti!'lg were approved as
real..
The Com~und~r then requested the Ladies Auxiliary
to remain.
~ Mrs. Earon1 Past President of the Ludies Auxilia~y
._ o.nd delegate to the ··_tional Convention of ""h,-, A~er­ican
Legion, spol:e on hPr trip to the co:n , md rve
us a brief outli:1e of tl.e ha_. enings t t'1 mven-tior>,
~a c..id County Cor~and""r C'-wJ..bel ... , the .... asa.u
Ccu..t; deleQate.
Co!!ll!.unicu.tion was then r ea.0. from the Rev. ·c-rl
Millwr, requeat1ns the _res~nce of the Poet at Armis­tice
D~} Servic~3 , to be held ~t the Christ Luther n
Churc'l on SUndu.y "'Veni·l~ ~ Uovenber 11th. Re~ularly
move1.1., Jrconded and o~rrieu. tlut this invitation be
accepted.
Corhll1Unicd.t ion Wel.S then rea.o. from the !Jynbrook Po • ,
American Legion, requesting our !)reaence .... t the tm­veiling
of u rltonu:cent at E ..... st Rocka\Vc:~.Y on November
lOth. Regularly mov~'u , seconaed and carried that we
accept said in vi tat ion. ·
Com-unicaticn was then re~n frorn the Freeport
~Public Schools, requesting literature with reg~rd to
._Educc.tional ,.,A k . The matter was re!'~rred to the
Civic Committee to obtain all datd and furr.ish Board
of Education with same.
On rea.ding communication f:r-o!':'l .... ar De. _rtment, rr.9 . .1'"iiF
Nov. 2nd ~ 1923 (continued).
~ppeal to the former officers in this Post to assoc­iate
t2'lemselves rith the Officers' Reserve and re­questinG
the names of sa1.e. Aujutant instructed to
:orward. ni:.l.M.ea as per requeu-1;.
Com1ty Uelf~re Officer Youn: requeate~ that we
proceed to Kings Pe.rk State I:ospi tal the SUnday
a.fter ahanksJi ving \71th don1:1.tio'!1 s for the wcuna.ed
veterans. It \vas therefore regt..la.rl:· !r.oved,
s9co~ded and curried that this Post con.ply with Hr.
Young 1 a req·.1e at.
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January 19th, 1923.
Open meeting of the William Clinton Story
e Post , No . 342 , American Legion, held at the South Shore Apart ments , Freeport , N. Y., on
Fr:id ay evening , January 19th , 1923, Commander
Schloss presiding .
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~embers of the various Legion posts in
Nassau County and their auxiliaries were pres­ent.
The Commander directed the Treasurer to act
as Adjutant .
In the absence of the Ad jut ant , the reading
of the minutes of the previous "tt9 et ing was
dispensed with .
Reports of the House, Welfare , Membership
and Show Committies were received and acceptei .
The Show Committee reported about $300 . 00 made
on show .
IJr . Lee report ed on the proposed raffle for
the Studebaker car . The raffle is to be held
somewhere around Decoration Day . Report ac­cepted
as read .
The Chairman read a communication from the
13th Post , Uo . 513 , American Legion , inviting
this Post to attend the review of the l~th
Coast Defense Command by Albert s. Callan ,
State Co~mander , American Legion, on ~hursday
evening, January 25th , 1923.
~he Chairman also presented a bulletin from
the British war Veterans and read an extract
therefrom as to the funeral of the late Col.
H. c. Wi l son.
The Chairman pres~nted a memorandum from tha
Nassau County Committee , American Legion , as to
JaJ. . 19th , 1923 (continued).
the annual meeting .3Dd banquet to be held on e Saturday, January ~7th , 1923 , at the Garden
City Hotel. The cost of the dinner .is to be
not less than $3 .00 per plate. County Chairman
to be advised. not later than next Wednesday as A
to the number of men from this Post who will W
attend.
We then proceeded to the open rneet ing .
!Jr. Campbell presented Commanders of various
Legion posts in Nassau County, also First
Vice-Comuander C. w. A. Cannon, Department of
New York, American Legion.
Commander Schloss welcomed the visitors in
appropriate language •
.. !r . Cannon addressed the meeting on the
American Legion generally •
.u1r. Otis G. Fewell, of the American Legion e
Weekly, spoke on the subject of the American
Legion magazine .
Mr. Kiely, fonnerJI.y State Adjutant, American
Legion, gave a short address.
Maj . Rasmussen , of this Post , also S.POke .
After other entertainment, the meeting ad­journed,
and was followed by dancing.
Poet Adjutant pro tem .
February 2nd , 1923.
11eet ing of the Willium ClintoT~ Story Post,
No . 342, A.rnerict:.n :U~::gi 1n, nt!ld. u~ the Legion
Room, in the Olive Building, Freeport , N. Y., •
Feb . 2nd . 1923 ( c ont ~nued) .
~ on Friday eveni~g. February 2nd, 1923.
Commander Schloss presided . In the absence
e of the Adjutant, the Treasurer assumed his duties .
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Reading of minutes of the previous meeting
was dispensed with .
Report of the House Corn.'!littee was received.
and acc.epted , showing $12 .00 on hand after
paying this month ' s janitor service .
Mr •. :ulcahy rapvrted for the :.:embership
Committee . He r eceived from the Personnel Of­ficer
a l ist of over one hundred members who
are in arrear s in dues . About one hundred
letters were sent out, stating that the LegiPn
is about to make a drive for a clubhouse, and
we want every Legion man in the vicinity to bacL
us up . Report accepted as read.
ur. Campbell having been elected County
Chairman , Dr. zronnann was appointed chairman
of the Welfare Committee at the re.1uest of hlr .
Campbell. The committee reported progress .
The Show Committee reported progress only ,
on account of the sickness of Ur. Ro.ymora .
County Welfare Officer Wallace J . Young spoka
on the Welfare situation in the county .
U.r . Himmel reported for the Entertain'!lent
Coill'Ilittee . Report accepted as read .
Studebaker Committee reported progress .
Buil ding Committee reported progress .
Under new business , motion was made, seconded
and c a rried that we enroll men in arrears as new
~e~bers , unless t hey wished to retain their
Feb . 2nd, 1923 (continued).
che.rter membership , in which event they would a
have to pay all arrears of dues .at the rate of •
$1 . 50 a year for arrears .
Discussion as to increasing the membership
of the Post • e
The Chair~n reported on the meeting of the
Nassau County Committee,held lust Saturday night .
The Chairman reported a telephone conversation
with !Ir. Frederick E . Wood, in which .Mr . Wood
directed attention to some special numbers for
tne minstrel show to be given by the Memorial
Library Committee on February 5th , 1923, among
others a special number for the ex-service men ,
and :twh ~ '(la,..s._kt-e...d whether the commander would be able t o ge "' n army uniform o.nd twelve men in navy
uniform . Discussion as to this .
Motion was made , seconded and carried that
the Chairman call for volu.at eers, and if no one
volunteers , that the matter be laid on the
table.
At the call of the chairman, pursuant to the
foregoing motion, there were no volunteers , and
the matter was laid on the table.
Discussion as to a new meeting place.
Discussion as to the show "Going Some, held
recently.
Disc:ussion as to appropriation for 1.ter.1orial
Day. action was made , secondei and carried that
a committee of three be appointed to look up
the matter and present a proper petition in
order to properly-observe Memorial Day Services .tt
Mr. Young spoke on recent developments ss to
Kings Park.
County Chairman Campbell requested the ap- •
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Feb. 2nd, 1923 (continued) .
pointment of a Foreign Relations Committee to
arrange for delegations to accompany him on his
visits to the Legion Posts in Nassau County as
County Chairman. Motion was made. seconded
and carried to appoint such a committee. Ur .
Herold K. Blinn was appointed chairman of this
committee .
Motion was made , seconded and carried that
we give Mr. Young a rising vote of thanks for
the splendid work that.he l~s done for there­habilitation
of the Kings Park veterans .
Mr. Young requested attendance by committee­men
from this Post at meetings of the Nassau
County Committee.
The meeting then adjourned .
~w.f\.~
Post Adjutant pro tern.
February 16th, 1923.
Re~lar meetini of the Will iam Clinton
Story ost , No . 3 2,American Legion, held at
the Post Rooms, in the Olive Building, Free­port,
N. Y., on Fr iday, February 16th, 1923.
The Commander called the meeting to order,
at 8 .45 P. M. The Treasurer .acted as .Adjutant.
About 30 members were present .
By unanimous consent, the reading of the
minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed
with .
Jfr . Preziosi reported for the Entertainment
Committee, and especially on a smoker to be
held by this Post on February 26th, 1923, at
the Casino . Busses will leave the railroad
station at 8 P. M.
Dr . Kronmann reported for the Welfare Com­mittee
. Mr. Scloss. also reported donation
by Mr . John Valentine of $10 . 00 for cigarettes
for disabled ex-soldiers at Kings Park.
Mr. McCloskey reported for the Show Com­mittee.
Estimated we will make about $375 . 00.
He cannot make a final report as yet, as there
is a great deal of the money still standing
out .
Mr . Himmel reported for the House Committee.
The Chairman announced the appointment of
l!r . Harold K. Blinn as Chairman of the Foreign
Relations Committee.
Mr. Lee reported on the proposed raffle for
the Studebaker car . He thought it would be
much easier to sell tickets for a ~r six,
rather than a little six Studebaker . Some
discussion as to this.
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Motion was made, seconded and carried that
the Studebaker car to be raffled off be a light
six model, which will be $300 cheaper than the
Feb. 16th, 1923 (continued}.
special six previously voted on.
The raffle will be held some time around
the end of May or the beginning of June.
Mr. Campbell reported for the Memorial Day ..
Committee. It seems there is no law covering ..
appropriations by villages for Memorial Day.
There is a law covering appropriations by the
town. up to $200, based on a population of
upwards of 10,000 people. It seems our pro­cedure
will be to submit a proposition to the
Village Board to be voted on by the people.
Mr. Kranz reported on the matter of the ad­dressograph
machine. Recommends the Belknap
Rapid Addressograph machine,.which would cost
about $98.00 for the whole outfit, including
the plates, ink machine and rack. Suggested
hiring it out to other organizations. Announce­ments
could also be made on the back. This
matter was referred to new business.
Mr. Young, County Disability Officer, -re­ported
that the Governor has requested an ap­proriation
of $1,500,000 for enlarging Kings
Park, and that Col. Wickersham had suggested
it Would help a great deal if we could get
every association in Nassau County, outside of
the Legion, to endorse this project. He has
drawn up a resolution and would like every
organization in Freeport, outside of the Legion,
to endorse this appropriation, and send ~he
resolution to Albany. la. Cecil Johnson will
give us publicity on the matter. The resolu­tion
reads as follows:-
WREREAS, overcrowded conditions exist
in State hospitals where mentally disabled
soldiers are under treatment, and as there
is little probability that the Federal tt
Government will quickly, if at all, enlarge
its hospital facilities for the care of
these men and that this is a matter about
which the people of the State are deeply ,
concerned;
WHEREAS. Governor Smith has sent a specia
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Feb, 16th, 1923 (continued~
message to the State Legislature stating
that no better provision can be made in
New York State Hospitals at a reasonable
·cost than by extending immediately the
facilities at Kings Park State Hospital,
to take care of one thousand patients and
recommending the additions to the military
memorial division of the Kings Park State
Hospital at an estimated cost of $1 ,500,000;
BE IT RESOLVED. that this organization
heartily endorses the action tween by
Governor Smith and urges the immediate pas­sage
of legislation to carry out the recom­mendations
contained in the Governor ' s mes­sage;
FUBTHER RESOLVED , that copies of this
resolution be forwarded to Governor Smith,
our State Senator and State Assemblyman,
Motion was made, seconded and carried that
we adopt the foregoing resolution, as recom­mended
by the County Disability Officer, Mr.
Young, copies to be sent to the Governor of
the State, our State Sanator and our Assembly­man.
Motion was made, seconded and carried that
we extend to Mr . Cecil Johnson a vote of thanks
for his publicity work.
The Chairman urged getting in the members .
County Chairman, Robert D. Campbell, announced
that the County Officers have planned to visit
each post in the County.
As to the addressograph machine, motion was
made, seconded and carried that we lay the
matter over for two weeks when our Post Finance
Officer is here,
As to the show held last December, it seems
the scenery was loaned out to the Veterans in
Hempstead and is now in the Hempstead High
School. 1~ . Reto acted as agent of the Veterans
and took it up there .
Feb, 16th. 1923 (continued).
Motion was made , seconded and carried to ..
bring the scenery down here from the Hempstead.,
High School .
Under sickness and distress, the Commander ..
announced visiting Mr . Tryon today. The fol- ..
lowing members were also reported sick : Jacob
F. Kedenberg, Maj . Rasmussen, Louis Streck and
Maj. McCleary.
Dr. Kronmann repor.ted Mrs . Earon had stated
some one donated pickles at our open meeting .
This matter was. referred to the committee to
send a letter of thanks .
Mr . McCloskey reported for the Building Com­mittee
. The Committee has in view a site on
Commercial Street and Broadway (north- east
corner), also a site on the north- west corner
of Broadway and Mount Avenue , opposite the
Synagogue (one of Randall's properties), also
a site on East }venue, just this side of ..
Archer Str eet . The Building Committee thought ..
the plot oppo~ite the Synagogue was the most
favorabl e site .
At the request of the Commander, opinions
were received from various members of the Post .
Motion was made, seconded and unanimously
carried that the Building Committee be in­structed
to purchase the plot. about 125 ft .
x 150 ft . , on the north-west corner of Br oad­way
and Mount Avenue, Freeport, at the sum of
$1, 800, with 25% off, and remainder to be
given in bonds to Ur. Ernest Randall.
Mr. Randall had previously offered to sell
any vacant property that he owned on this
basis to this Post .
Discussion as to the incorporation of the
Post, and incorporating in the By-laws provi­sions
for the protection of the stockholders • •
Feb . 16th , 1923 (continued) ~
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Young reported the James F. Brengel Post ,
Cliff, has just purchased a club house,
is being fixed up by volunteer s from the
Suggested we coWtl get the same r esults
e
and it
Post .
here .
Mr . Campbell reported Mr. Lester
some time ago fixed up gratituousl y
signs for our War Relics Exhibit .
L. Danley
certain
Motion was made, seconded and carried that the
Post forward the $1 . 50 to the County Committee
and credit Les~er L. Danley on the books for a
full years dues for the year 1923, in view of
hie donation of the signs last year •
. Mr.Campbell r eported that the County Officers
have prepared a schedule of visits t o the var ious
Legion posts in the county. This list will be
posted on the Bulletin Board. h~. Campbell re­e
~uests as large a delegation as possible to ac - company him.
On motion duly made, seconded and carried, the
meeting adjourned .
Pos t Adjutant p~o gem.
Regular mee~jng of the William Clinton Stor y
Post, No . 342 , American Legion, held at the Post
room, in the Olive Building, Fr eeport , N. Y., on
Friday, March 2nd, 1923.
Commander Schloss called the meeting to order
at 8. 30 P. M. The Treasur er acted as Adjutant .
- About 25 members were present .
Minutes of the previous meeting were read and
appr oved .
~ Dr. Kronmann reported for the Welfare Com­mittee
.
Uar , 2nd. 1923 (continue~
Mr . Preziosi reported for the Smoker Com­mittee
. The last smoker, held on February
26th, showed a profit of $128 . 30,
Membership Committee reported progress .
Mr . Cruickshank reported for the Building
Committee . The incorporation papers have been
made up and have to be sent on to the court for
approval . As to the lot, the Committee called
on the Randall Company a day or so after our
last meeting, and on going into the matter cure­fully,
it was discovered that a mistake was .
made . It seems they were going to sell us a lot
on Commercial Street and Mount Avenue, opposite
Foreman ' s Lumber Yard, and not the plot opposite
the Synagogue voted on at ·our last meeting. So
the Building Committee decided ~o let the matter
rest for a while, as they did not think it would
be a suitable place for our building to be
located . The Committee has in mind another
proposition, but not all the details as yet ,
It ie a house on the corner of North Grove tt
Str eet and Bklyn Av. directly across from the
Railroad Station. That house can be bought for
abou~ $17 , 500. The house itself stands on a
very large plot and could be turned around and
set facing Grove Street and the lot facing on
Brooklyn Avenue could be sold for stores , The
Committee is working on the proposition now,
but nothing can be done until the incorporation
is completed.
1~. Blinn reported for the Foreign Relations
Committee, and es~ially on a visit by the
committee, with the County Officers, to the
Floral Park Post on Wednesday evening last.
Next Friday night is set for the visit to Lyn­brook.
Mr . Cruickshank reported for the Memorial
Day Committee. The committee has been around
getting signatures on a petition for proposition
to be submitted to the people of the village at
the coming village election for appropriation ~
Mar. 2nd, 1923. (continued).
by the village of $300 .00 to defray expenses
of proper abservance of Memorial Day in this
village. Expects to file the petition within
the next few days.
The Treasurer reported a balance on hand of
$174.98.
Ja. McCloskey reported on the Show h&ld
last December. He cannot yet make a final re­port,
as there is still money outstanding. He
is collecting the moneys as fast as possible.
Mr. Lee reported for the Studebaker Com­mittee.
He is not sure whether it is all right
to go ahead. At our last meeting, the Post vote•
to raffle off a light six Studebaker and not a
super six, and he is not positive that Box can
get a light six car. Mr. Merle Post offered a
Maxwell' car at cost to him; a stock touring car
(Maxwell) would be $850. 00. This matter was
referred back to the committee, 1~ . Box to be
given a change to gracefully decline. Mr. Lee
reported also that the raffle will be held on
Thursday evening, June 7th, at the Freeport
Theatre. The automobile can be pulled right up
on the stage. Ma.j. Rasmussen h.as offered all
cash taken in that night over his average Thurs­day
night business, said surplus to be taken out
in chances on the car. Therefore, it is up to
the Legion to fill the house on that night.
Under sick call, no one appeared to be ill.
The Commander announced that Mrs. Worden Winn•
has been running card parties over at the mezz­anine
floor of the Freeport Theatre every Friday
the proceeds to be turned over to the American
a Legion. Last Friday she made $10.00, which was
.. turned over to the Post Treasurer.
Motion was made, seconded and carried that a
letter of thanks be written to l~s. Winne.
~ The Commander announced he has received word
Mar. 2nd, 1923 (continued).
from the head of the M~thers' Club of the Col~
bus Avenue School that the~ are going to make ~
a donation to the Post of ~10.00, to be spent
on the disabled veterans.
Motion was made, seconded and carried that tt
a letter of thanks be sent to the Mother's
Club of the Columbus Avenue School on receipt
of the money.
Mr. Mahnken spoke on the matter of the ad­dressograph.
He can give more details in the
course of a couple of weeks.
Motion was made, seconded ·and carried that
we lay the matter of the addressograph on the
table.
Personnel Officer reported 131 paid-up mem­bers
to date. At this time last year we had
114. We have taken in about 12 new members so
far this year.
The Commander introduced an old member, 1a.
Harry Bowers, who has not· been out to meetings
for some time, also a new member, Mr. Robert
Klein.
Under new business, the Commander reported
a conversation with George R. Christie, of this
post, whereby it appears that the new manager
of the Auditorium has consented to allow the
Post to run bouts on the 16th or 23rd of this
month. He must know tonight just which of the
two dates we want. The net proceeds to be
turned over to this Post. He will allow us to
run our own bill at that show. The plan is to
have all local talent, if possible. Discussion
as to this • . Mr. Preziosi states we will have ..
to pay the fighters as at all times, then it ..
is up to them to give back what they can. This
matter was referred to the committee herein­after
mentioned. It seems we do not stand to
lose anything. The matter depends upon the •
members getting out and selling the tickets.
Mar. 2nd. 1923 (continued).
~ Motion was made, seconded and carried that we
W ac.cept the offer of the manager of the Auditoriur
to run boxing bouts on March 23rd, the net
proceeds of such event to be given to the
.. Treasurer of the Activities Committee, and
.. that a c~mmittee o~ six be appointed with
power to act. The following committe~ was ap­pointed:-
Chairman,George Preziosi
William Himmel
William Enkler
Joseph H. McCloskey
George R. Christie
Jacob F. Kedenberg.
Mr. Himmel reported on the War Tax on Post
activitie~. It seems the American Legion is
exempt, but it has to be reported. The Com­mander
stated he had done so in the case of
the smoker.
Mr. Blinn asked if the Legion insignia
should not be removed from the old Post room
on the third floor of the Olive Building to
the present quarters on the second floor.
la. Kedenberg thought we should leave it there
until we are ready to use it.
The Commander requested all members present
to attend the Auxiliary meeting for refresh­ments
·at the close of our meeting.
The Commander requested as many members as
possible accompany our County Chairman, Mr.
Robert D. Campbell, om his official visit to
the Lynbrook Post next Friday night.
Mr. McCloskey brought up the matter of an
.. initiation. Thought we should haye one. as it
.. tends to promote more interest in the Legion
and instructs new members in what the Legion
stands for. Suggested waiting until we should
get a few new members and then getting some
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outside place for the initiation, our present
quarters bein~ too small. Y~. Cruickshank
offered the d1ning room in the South Sho~e
~mr. 2nd, 1923 (continued).
Apartments, for initiation purposes. 4t
Motion was made, seconded and carried that
the Adjutant get in touch with the Hicksville
Postt to obtain a copy of their initiationt ..
and that we lay the matter over to the next ..
meeting; the Hicksville initiation to be used
only as a guide.
Motion was made, seconded and carried that
the Foreign Relations Committee be the committee
to handle the ritual. They get good ideas by
visiting the other posts.
1~. Kedenberg reported for the House Com­mittee.
There is $18 . 00 in the treasury, not
deducting the janitor's services $10.00. Has
dispensed with the ·janitor's services for the
rest of the year, in order to cut down expensest
and requests members to help clean up the room.
Discussion as to holding a Post dinner, in ..
the near future. W
Motion was made, seconded and carried that
this matter be l eft in the hands of the Activities
Committee.
Mr. Kedenberg suggested we should present
our Auxiliary with a set of colors .
As to the raffle of the rifle and pistol set,
motion was made, seconded and carried that we
extend the same to outsiders and that the
raffle be held next meeting night.
On motion duly made, seconded and carried,
the meeting adjourned.
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March 16th, 1923.
Regular meeting of the William Clinton
Story Post , No. 342, American Legion, held
at the Club Room, in the Olive Buil ding,
Freeport , N. Y. , on Friday , March 16th, 1923.
About twenty- five members were present .
Commander Schloss called the meeting .to
or der . The Tr easurer acted as Adjutant .
By unanimous consent , the reading of the
minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed
with.
Report of the House Committee was received
and accepted , showing a balance on hand of
~12 . 00.
Report of the Welfare Committee was received
and accepted . ~20.00 was donated for cigar­ettes
for men at Kings Park, that is , $10.00
from Jft . John Valentine (previously reported,
and $10 . 00 f r om the Mothers ' Club of the Columbu:
Avenue School . Dr . Kronmann also reported havint
gratuitously fixed up the teeth of an ex- soldier
l.fot ion was made, seconded and carried that a
vote of thanks be tendered to Dr . ~ronmann for
his work.
Personnel Officer reported 140 paid-up mem­bers
for 1923 to date.
The Smoker Committee reported about $130.00
cleared on the last smoker .
Report of the BuildinR Committee was received
and accepted. The incorporation papers have
been prepa. red and are being signed up, and the
commi ttee is waiting for the incorporation to be
completed .
Report of the Foreign Relations Committee was
received and accepted . The Committee has re-
March 19th , 1923 Cconti n~ed) .
ceived a copy of the Hicksville initiation.
and plans to go over it some night next week ~
and to put on something in the next two or ~
three meetings. JAr. Blinn reported on visits
of a delegation from this Post to Floral Park
and Garden City. Dr. Kronmann reported on our
visit to Lynbrook Post. e
Mr. Lee reported on the proposed raffle of
a oar. The Committee has decided on a Maxwell
sport model, to be raffled off at the Freeport
Theatre on June 7th. A letter will be sent
out about .Mondey or Tuesday of next week.
Commander Schloss reported as to the boxing
bouts. The manager of the Freeport }uditorium
requested that the bouts be postpone1 for one
week, from March 23rd to .March 30th, so the
benefit performance will be held on March 30th.
The manager expects a local boy here, Archie
Walker, to be matched off with some light
weight from New York, to go on for twelve
rounds, if we can get the permission of the
Commissioner, only six rounds being usually e permitted. The net proceeds will go to this
Post.
Under sick call, George Preziosi was re­ported
as having the grip.
County Welfare Officer, Wallace J . Young,
spoke on the disability situation. The trip
to Albany last January has borne fruit. He
has word from Col. Wickersham that the State
Hospitalization Committee has approved the
reconstruction program, and they will now go
ahead with it. The proposition has already
been forwarded by the Veterans Bureau to Wash­ington
for approval, which means the Legion
will endorse that in their program for the year ..
and it looks very favorable in going through. ..
This proposition originated in Nassau County.
Will probably re-arrange the quotas of the
posts to meet the increased patients at Kinps
Park. The work will be divided between three •
organizations, the American Legion, American
March 16th, 1923 (continued).
~ Red Cross and the Knights of Columbus. These
~ three organizations at the present time are doin@
a great deal of work, but are not QUite familiar
with what the other is doing, and it is planned
e to divide the work so that each one will know exactly what the other is doing and there will be
no duplication. Will try to get the Red Cross to
do something else besides obtaining cigarettes,
leaving that to the Legion. As heretofore, local
organizations will make their shipments direct
to Kings Park and receive acknowledgments direct,
and the Legion will receive no personal credit
therefrom.
The local Council of Knights of Columbus here
has appointed a Welfare Officer here, who will
assist 1~ . Young in establishing liaison between
the Knights of Columbus and the Legion.
Requests that about the first of April, this
Post renew the cigarette drive throughout the
village, as it has been some time since we have
appealed to any of the organizations here.
Treasurer 's report was received and accepted,
showing balance on hand of $188 . 58 .
The Activities Committee reported about ~552.C
balance on hand.
The Commander presented the following com­munications:
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(1) From the State Commander, as to member­ship;
(2) From Holy Redeemer Council, No. 1974,
Knights of Columbus, inviting this Post to at­tend
s-ervices on Decoration Day, at 9 A. M. , at
the Catholic Church, Freeport, N. Y.
(3) Memor-andum from State Headquarters as
to the annual National Convention, to be held
at San Francisco on October 15th to 19th, 1923.
The trip consumes about nineteen days . The
memorandum showed schedule of rates, and was
posted on the bulletin board.
As to item (2) above, we have already ao­•
cepted .an invitation from the Rev. Thompson to
March 16th, 1923 (con~ inued).
attend services at the Methodist Church on
Memorial Day next, which invitation was ac­cepted
last September.
Motion w~s made, seconded and carried that e
the ~djutant inform the Holy Redeemer Council,
No. 1974, K. of C., we regret very much we
cannot attend, having already accepted a prior
invitation on Memorial Day morning, and that
this Post has gone on record that they will
hold their Memorial services in a different
church each year.
The Commander introduced Dr. Gilchrist, who
spoke on educational program regarding "Own
Your Own Home Crusade".
On motion duly made, seconded and carried,
Dr. Gilchrist was given a rising vote of thanks
for his remarks.
The meeting then proceeded to the raffle of e the rifle and pistol set. The drawing was
done by Commander O'Brien of the Lynbrook Post.
The drawing was done in the following manner:
first thre~,then four and then two numbers were
drawn, representing 342 the number of our Post.
The tenth and winning number was then drawn,
No. 103, held by Frank R. Goudge, a member of
this Post, and the rifle and pistol set there­fore
awarded to him. The proceeds of this
raffle are as follows:-
188 tickets sold, C 25¢ each, ~~47.00
Paid out for the set, 15.00
Profit, $32 •. 00
The Chairman then introduced Mr. William
O'Brien, Commander of the Lynbrook Post, who
gave a· ~ery interesting talk. On motion duly e
made, seconded and carried, he was given a
rising vote of thanks.
Under new business, Mr. Campbell reported
the County Committee is taking a referendum ~
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March 16th. 1923 (continued).
vote o~ the Posts in the County, as to the pro­cedure
for paying the expenses of the County
delegates to the State and National Convention.
The question is whether the post would favor an
assessment o~ approximately 20¢ per man for
this purpose, the means of raising the money to
be in the discretion of the Post.
Motion was made, seconded and carried that
this Post is in favor of such an assessment,
in defraying t he expenses o~ the County dele­gates.
The means o~ r aising this money to be
laid over for ~uture discussion.
Di.scussion as to holding a dinner in 1fay, on
the occasion of the o~ficial visit of the County
Chairman to this post, members of .all posts in
the first district o~ Nassau County to be in­vited.
The first district comprises the Legion
posts in Nassau County from Freeport to Woodmere.
This would really be a district affair, held at
Freeport, under the direction of this Post,
members of the other posts in this district to
be expected to pay their share.
Motion was made, seconded and carried that we
have a dinner, at a place to be designated by
the Committee, an invitation to be extended to
Posts and Auxiliaries in this district to attend
at their own expense, on the evening of May 25th.
Mr. Kedenberg spoke on the presentation o~ a
set of colors to our Auxiliary.
On motion duly made, seconded and carried, the
meeting adjourned.
Post Adjutant pro tem •
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Raymore was present at meeting of April
6th, 1923, and took down the minutes •
April 20th, 1923.
~ REGULAR MEETING of the William Clinton Stor)
Post , No. 342, American Legion, held at the
Legion room in the Olive Building, Freeport ,
N. Y., on Fri day, April 20th, 1923.
Commander Schloss presided.
acted as Adjutant.
The Treasurer
Reading of the minutes of the previous meet­ing
was dispensed with.
Report of the House Committee was received
and accepted.
Mr. Cruickshank .reported for the Dinner Com­mittee.
All arr angements are made for May 21st,
and i nvitations sent out to other posts in
Nassau County. Letters are ready to go out to
the Post members. Report accepted as read.
Mr. Johnson reported for the Memorial Day
Committee. Expect to h~ve represent atives here
from the Bri tish , French and Belgium War Vet­erans,
also a company of infantry and a band.
We will a l so probably be able to get the El ks
band. The plan is to attend church services
and parade in the morning, and in the afternoon
decorate Col. Roosevelt's grave a t Oyster Bay.
Refreshments to be served by the Women's
Auxiliary of the William Clinton Story Post and
the Relief Corps of the G. A. R • . Repor t ac­cepted
as read.
The Building Committee reported progress.
Mr. Lee, Chairman of the Maxwell oar Com­e
mittee, reported about $80.00 received to date. Report accepted aa read.
Dr. Kronmann reported for the Welfare Com­mittee.
The Committee is planning another drive
for cigarettes, and intends striking every
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organization in town. He r eported he is work­ing
on the case of Mervin I. Travers,of Freeport.
April 20th. 1923 (continued).
Report accepted as r ead.
Foreign Relations Commit tee reported pro­gress.
Mr. Blinn reported for the Ritual Com­mittee.
Th~y have prepared .a ritual, but think
it advisable not to commence using it until the
fall season.
By unanimous consent , it was decided to
put off the use of the ritual until the fall.
Personnel Officer reported 152 pai d-up
members to date for 1923. Biscusaion as to mem­bership.
Henry Kr~nz wa a made te~porary chair­man
c~ . Membership Commit tee until Mulcahy is
able to act as such.
No one was reported as being in sickness
or di stre as.
As to the Bowling Committee , the Commandertt
reported next Wednesday night is convenient for
the Rockville Centr e poet.
Mr. Johnson reported re church services
on demorial Day. There i s considerable con­fusion
as to whether to a.ocept · the invitation
of t he Rev. Thompson, of the Methodist Church,
or the Knights of Columbus, of the Cathclic
Church. Rev . Thompson ' s invitation is a prior
one , but it wasnot clear whether his invita­tion
was for Memorial Day or the Sunday before
Memorial D~y. The Commander outlined the sit­uation.
Mr. Muloahy outlined the position of
the Knights of Columbus. Mr. Cruickshank sug­gested
sending delegations to each church.
Motion was made, seconded and carried
that i nasmuch as we have an in vi tat i on ·from t'vo
churches for services on Memorial Day, that the
Post Commander divided those members who come
out for that purpose into two equal parts, and •
sent a part to each service, and that we advise
' April 20tb. 1923 (continued).
a the two organizations as to why we have not a
.., one hundred per cent attendance. This motion
applies only on this Memorial Day.
The matter of speakers for Memorial Day was
left to the Committee.
Under new business:
The Commander presented our newly elected
Village President, Hilbert R. JOhnson, who
addressed the meeting.
The Commander also introduced Mr. W. Walker
Tait, an associate member of this Post, and Com­mander
of the 308th Infantry Post, of New York
City, who addressed the meeting.
Mr. Young spoke on civic activities. This
SUnday night commences Garden Week, in which each
organiz~tion is expected to assist in beautif~
ing the approach to the village. Suggested ttat
instead of contributing plants and shrubbery,
which the other organizations are doing, that we
contribute something that would be of more
material use. Suggested that we present, if
possible , to the Vill~ge of Freeport, two cement
scats and bird bath, which have been made up by
the disabled men at Kings Park, which we can
puro.ba.ae at a sum not exceeding i25.00.
Motion was m4de, seconded and carried,
directing the Treasurer to turn over to Mr.
Young sufficient money to purchase the said two
seats and bird bath, to be presented to the
Village of Freeport.
Mrs. Robert H. Earon , in behalf of the It Women's 4uxiliary, extended invitation to at­tend
a social at the Columbus Avenue School on
the evening of their next meeting, May 4th,
1923. Mr. Cruickshank offered the use of the
dining room in the South Shore Apartments for
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the occasion. The invitation of the Women's
Auxiliary was accepted by a rising vote.
~11 20th. ~923 (continued).
The Commander extended, through Mrs. Earo~
an 1nv1 tat ion ·to the Women's Auxilia.l'y to at­tend
the lecture at the South Shore Apartments
on Friday evening, May 27th, 1923.
On motion duly made, seoonded and oarried,tt
the meeting adjourned.
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June 1st , 1923.
Regular .meeting of tt.e William Clinton Sto~y
Post , No . 342 , american Legion , held at the Leg1on
Room in the Olive Building, Freepo;r:t , u. Y., on
Friday evening, June 1st , 1923, Co~~nder Schloss
presiding.
Minutes of the previous meeting were approved
as read .
The Chair~n of the Dinner Committee reported
on the annual dinner, held at the Crystal Lake
House, Freeport , N. Y., on hlay 21st, 1923, in honor
of our County Chairman, Robert D. Campbell . The
affair was a great success , 110 dinners being served ,
and showed a profit of approximately $13.00 , which
was t urned over to the Entertainment Corrunittee .
The Memorial Committee expressed its thanks for
the cooperation of the Post in making our annual
Memorial Day the greatest success since our organ­ization.
A rising vote of thanks was given to the
chairman, .Jr . Cecil H. Job.nson, and to 1.1:u jor Ras­mussen,
for their hurd work in bringing about the
success of the celebration •
.The Chairman of the Welfare Committee repo"rted
seven thousand cigarettes from the K. K. K. for the
disabled veterans at Kings ·Park.
Motion made and seconded that the K. K. K. be
thanked through the medium of the public press.
Considerable discussion was then held at to whether
this was the best procedure under the circumstances.
After considerable deliberation, motion withdrawn •
.~.A:otion made and seconded that the same be ac­cepted
and no acknowledgment be sent by the post and
that cigarettes be forwarded in the usual manner to
the authorities at Kings Park for receipt in the
usual manner . llotion withdrawn .
Motion made and seconded that the matter be
dropped . When put to a vote, nine voted in favor
and twenty- one opposed . 1roti on lost .
lJot ion made and seconded to keep cigarettes and
Adjll.tant be instructed to communicate with the State
Co~nander for a ruling as to the procedure to be
follOwed. ~.lotion carried .
June 1st , 19~3 (continued).
Temporary Chui.cman of the Membership Com­mittee
reported progress , there being an increase
of fifty-nine members from Uay lnt, 1923 to June
1st, 1923, bring the total membership to 217 .
I.1axwell Comr.Iittee reported 0362 . 00 having
been received toward returns on raffle and stateJ
that it would be necessary for the raffling date
to be indefinitely postponeJ. until sufficient
funds were received for the purchase of the car .
~otion ~de and seconded tlmt one or more Legion­aires
be hired by the com.mi ttee to sell subscrip­tions
on the car at ten per cent of their returns •
.1.10 t ion carried .
Conmunication from the Board of Education,
assuring us of its assistance toward our purchas­ing
the Wide Awake Engine Company house , now sit­uated
on the south-west corner of Pine and Church
Streets, Freeport , U. Y. , reported and filed .
Resignation of Ur . Henry B. Raymore as Post
Adjutant accepted .
Communication from the Seaford Fire Depart- \ A
ment Ent ertainrnent Committee, requesting the w
prese.1ce of the Post at a patriotic celebration,
to be held in that town on Independ.ence Day.
Liotlon mnde , · seconded and carried that this in­vitation
be accepteJ. and the Seaford Fire Depart­ment
be advis.ed as to our acceptance.
Motion made, secondetl and carriei that this
I-ost entertain the Ladies Auxiliary in the very
near future . !Jatter referred to the Activities
CO!Iliilittee.
L1aj or Rasmussen spoke with regard to the
splendid turnout of the Post on Deco rat ion Day
and regarding his entertaining the British Offi­cers
and. soldiers on their return from Oyster Bay
in the evening. "He also gave us a very interest­ing
talk on 'the anny career of l.I ajor J .A.Belton,
who was one of our guests for the day.
I.Ioti on made and seconded t hat on all Memorial
Days in the future this Post shD.ll hold services e
in the open under our own suyervision and the
ceremonies be conducted by a regula1· army chaplain
or the Post Commander to offic io.te . Unanimously
carried .
June 1st, 1923 (continued}.
Suggestion was made to the Activities Committee
that we foster a sail from Freeport to the beach,
serving dinner at Cnnrlie Johnson's, with smoker
entertaintlent to follow, it being understood that this
is to be a stag affair •
.Motion made , .seconded and carrieJ. that the Ad­jut
ant communicate with .Nationa 1 Heu.dyuart ers, re­~
ard ing the American Legion Essay Contest for High
uchool pupils, in order that we could submit same
to Freeport school p~ils in order that they can
participate therein.
There being no further business, motion made,
seconded and carried that we adjourn.
/ Post Adjutant.
June 15th, 1923 .
Hegular meeting of the William Clinton Story
l?ost, Uo. 342 , American Legion, he ld at the Legion
room, in the Olive Building , Freeport, H. Y., on
Friday evening , June 15th , 1923 , Com1nander Schloss
presiding.
~inutes of the previous meeting were approved
as read •
... Iemorial Cor.uni tt ee reported progress .
Communication from Urs. William S. Cameron,
of JJ:iarna , Florida, thanking the .~..1emorial Committee
for· decorating the gr~ve of her son at Greenfield
Cemetery, read and placed on file .
1.1ember ship Committee reported progress and ad­vised
that two new members signed up since previotw
meeting.
1laX'.-vell Conmittee reported receipts to date
on returns $648 . 50, also that ~200 . 00 .(}ad been taker.
from the Entertainr;1ent fund andadded to the 0600 .00
mentionel above, making a total of $800 . 00 paid as
a deposit on the car , which ic now Legion property.
The chairman of said committee reported that he in-
June 15th, 1923 . (uontinued) .
tendei planning and operating an extensive cam­paign
to round up the delinquents and to sell the
remaining books . -
The Welfare Committee and the House Committee
reported progress.
Communicati on from the Boy Scouts, requesting
a donation to aid them in their drive , was read,
and motion made, secondeJ ani carried that the Post
donate $25 . 00 to such a worthy cause .
M:r . Edward J . Haze, chairman of the first
district of Nassau County, was then introduced by
the Commander and gave us a very interesting talk
on his visit at ions to other posts in the county ,
and also regarding the Government insurance , which
be deemed the best insurance in the country for
legionnaires .
Commander Sch l oss then reported to the Post
with regard to a delegation led by himself and the
County Commander, Robert D. Campbell, which visiteJ
the Village Board meeting which was called by said a.
Board to investigate the activities or the inactiv- .-r
ities of the 1,1emorial Library Commi t t ee , in wh i ch
he stated that it was suggested that a petition be
signed re~uesting the Board to call a special
election for the taxpayers to vote on proposition
as to whether they ·.vere agreeable to bei ng taxes
for completing of the library started three years
ago . He also stated that he had received a tele­phone
eonversation from a member of the above men­tioned
co~i t t ee, re~uesting that .he appoint three
legionaires t o act on this commitpee. When r e­questing
the Post to vote on this proposition , same
was unanimousl y defeat e(i. Cons i derable discll.SSion
was then had regarding this worn t;iut subject .
l.1otion made, seconded and carriel thut this dis­cussion
be discontinued .
The Commarder then introduced some new members
in the Post, also the sick, lame and lazy.
It was brought to our attention th.a t some bu(l- e
dies in Bel lmore had app l ied for a charter to organ­ize
a Bellmore Post , which was heartil y en•torsed. by
the post, and suggestion was made that a delegat1on
June lf>th, 1923 (continued) .
from this Post be present at their installation of
officers.
• A rising vote of thanks was given to ilr . Cecil
Johnson for compiling a booklet regardin~ qur recent
Memorial Day activities .
11rs. l!.;aron, former President of the Ladies
Auxiliary, was then introduced and told us what the
Ladies Auxil iary were doing for us and hoped to do
for u.s in the future, stating that she had realizeJ.
~70 . 00 on a recent card party, and that they had
forwarded over $1,000 to the Veterans Liountain Camp .
The Co~nander then called for volunteers to act
on special committee to canvas the village with re­gard
to the Maxwell o&r, and the following menbers
volunteered their services : -
Mr. H. Kranz (Vice- Chainnan)
Leo Schloss
Clifford R • .t.lahnken
Wallace Guest
J oseph IlcC l oskey
Walter Kane
I.ter le Post
Frank Post
Wil lis Johnston
William Ward
Jacob Kedenberg
Harry Blinn
It was decided that the night of July 12th, 1923
would be the time \7hen the i.Iuxwell would be given
away. _
There being no further business, the meeting ad­journed.
Post Ad jut ant .
July 6th, 1923.
!t.JGUL.R ~ ... ...::.n..JG of the ·,H.Ll.Lri. 1I .rOl .• L'ORY
Pc;;):', !fo. 34: .. , .. me ric:..n 1egi Jn , ~ -..::..i ut the .... egion
Roo!!l , in the Oli v Building, :'reeport , I • Y. , on
Fr iduy evening, July 6tl1 , 1923, Co!Y'nander .;;Chlo .... s
presidi:nc; •
... inut es of the previous r1eeting were approved
:..s read •
... .re .. 1bership Committe8 reported proere~. , ~· ith
total members to de.te 221 Lnd 4 ass.oci$.te .omberb.
\/Glfa.re Commit tee reported progre:::Js, and ad viced
cf donetion of ~iB . OO froo ',tilling 'Jorkers of the
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Da ughtera of Americun Hevolution.
Disu"bility Officer Young reported of huvin~ gone j
Kings Po.r '{ h t the breaking of the gr oun :1 ex ere ise J
July 4th.
to
on
......... "XWell Car Corm:1ittee reported progreE~s , : . md re­c;.
uest ed that speciul notice be san.t to all r.1embe1·s
urging ret urn of all r'1oneys and uaso ld books not
let er tnun ~hursde.y evenins, July 12th. .Reg:tlurly
~o-ved, secondet and curried that this notice be
sent .
Ur. Lee then presented the Cor!ll!lender ;-;i th gr. vel
domtted by •. :r. Christian E. ~ern. It wus therefore
reeularly uoved, ~econded ~nd. curried that e rising
vote of thanks be extended to :rr. X.ern , anrl that
the Adjutant be instructed to corrnmnicate Y!ith this
gent le.1en thunJcin~ hiL'l in beh~lf' -.Jf the Iost. 1J.
r is ir1r vote •)f tlwnk s ex:t ended.
Co!ru:mnicuiion then read by the Counnunder, receivcc1.
frorn the Count~r Co ·mw.nder , regurding County Con-vent
ion to be held at Sen Cliff on Sc..tu rd. a r, ;rnly
G8th , end as:ring tlw t delegn.tes be el JcteJ. to re­rresent
this Po.t at suid convention.
'lhe following were elected : -
:Jeln.?;e.tes ,
Jose~l . ... c..; loskey
Hem:y C. l r~ ...1 z
George R. Christie
:~l ter .1ut e:::.
JaCOO l'o .._:pJenberg
l):r . L.. C • Duilker
:.;:1.gene ',! . hellunrl
Delen-ates.
( cont inueJ)
Eugene H. Lee
leo Jchloss
! ~ro ld Goller
Clifford K. llahnken
',/illiam .Jnkl er
Wallaoe Guest
~1.l te~n .... t es .
(continu::..:)
F1·ank Goudge
leo l.!aher
George J?reziosi
Heward l.Iahnken
~lillhn Himmel
Harold .:::. Brown
Motion made, seconded and carried that nomina­tions
be closeJ , m1d one vote be cast for all
numed above .
H.egu la.r ly !!!O">ed, seconded und ce.rried thnt a
co nr!littee on essay for public scnool pupil s, con­sisting
of five members ~ to v;ork up u program
and decide as to awards , be appointed by the chair.
~he followi11g ~ere appointed:-
Henry c. Kranz
Harold Goller
John ~ruickshank
Langu.on
Harold A. Blinn
Special ~nterta;l.nment Committee appo i nted for
the PJ.rpose of arran""ing a sale from Freeport to ea
Charlie Johnson ' s, to participate in a shore di nner
onl ent o r tu i nm~nt, reqUI:s:Jt.~ a. a vote us to v;.hether
such an entertainment and outing at the eKpense of
qpproximctely ~5 . 00 per person , would be agreeable
to the :Post . On culling for a vet r>, ;_ t developed
21 of those present being in favor, .,,hich was a
majority of the meeting, and 11 of said 21 pleiged
to bring one friend .
Regulnrly moved , seconded and carried , that we
adjvurn .
_tlost Adjutant.
July 20th. 1923.
Meeting of the William Clinton Story Post, No.
342, American Legion, held at the Legion Roo~, in
the Olive Buildi1~~ Freeport, N.Y., Commander
Schloss presiaing.
Minutes of the previous meeting approved as read.
Maxv1ell Car Committee reported an approximate
profit on the oar of $650.00.
OUting Committee reported regarding the sail to
be held .August 11th, an ~ in vie~ of the fact that
the poet would hold another meeting before the sale
a final report would be made at that time.
Civic Committee reported progress.
House Comroi ttee reported. one dozen decks of pla~r­irg
cards having been received as a aonat ion from
the Schultz Novelting & Sr;.orting Goods Co., Inc., of
132 Naee'"tu Street, new York. It was therefore
regularly moved, seconded anc carried that a letter
of acknowledgment and th~nks be sent to the above
mentioned company .for same.
Building Co~nittee reported progress.
Mot ion ll'1ade , secon&ed anO.. carried that this Post
hta.ve d. sail c:mx.tu:gma1txrtk for the Ladies • Auxiliary
on tfhioh only post members una. members of the
Ladies• Auxiliary bnd their fGmilies be invited.
All expenses to be aefrayed by the Post Treasury,
and th~t committee appointed by the Co~r.ande r have
full power to make all ~rrangements and to set date.
Communication from the World War Veterans Club,
of IJindenhurst, N. Y., requesting th COlJmlit.te.e reported progress, (and t~;.t they
hau a site in view)and negotiatiors were ~~aer r.~y at
che present ti~e, ~nd that the Peat could expect ac­tion
in the near future)
Motion made, seconaed dnd carried th~t if proclama­tion
be issued by President Ccolridge, deaign~ting
any pl;l.l"ticula.r day as a day of moul:Iling over the
August 3rd, 1923 (continued).
death of the late Presi~ent Warren G. Har ding, that
this Post go on recoru ~a r e ~uesting all store
keepers in the vill~ge to close t he entire day, or
at least during the t ime set f or t he funeral.
Hot ion rr.w t.. , seco~("ed and. carr!.ed that He a ~r s .
. Oxenha:·a and vCloskey be ap!;o in~ed a committee of
t wo t o take up r.ith N~t i onal HeG~quartera , American
Legi on, ~equest ing inf ormat i on ~ith regard to ob­taininl•
un electric sign or globe for this Post.
A r i sing vot e of the:&.n!:a was then ::;i ven to Thort:as
Gr ogan f or making bookcase for t he Legi on room.
c Ther e bei ng
journed.
no fur ther bu s ine as , tlle meeting
~-'4-- Post Adjut ant .
ad-
AU9'1.J.St J. 7th, 1823.
!~eting of the Willia Clinton Story Post , No .
342 , A~e r ican TegicnL held in t he Legion Room, i n
the 011 ve Buildi nrt;, 1:rreeport , :· . Y. , on Friday
eveninG, August 17th, 1923 . Commander Schloss pre-sided
.
} 1nute s of re-.rious meetL1g ·ere ap.~roved. as
read, after changes were mane.
Electric ai n co .. mi t'.;ee reported pro0 re ss .
~he Outing Com,.,i t 'tee reported th_ t the outing '>;US
a succe3~ , )Ut tlll:i.t the Post did not su~1~ort it as
\Te~l a a 1 s ex_ ected . Tne Con.i::ander then a vi sed
t hu.t the commi ttee had shcLre6. in def r3.ying the los a
u.nd tha-t he uid not fe~l th~~.t they should he ex1 ectal
to this . It· ~s therefore regularly ffioveu , seconded
~r.cl CQ.rried thE\.t the Treasurer r~Lr.~"'>urse .. be committee
in the amount of t\7ent y-three ( $23) C:ollar e.
Civic Comrni ttee r'eported progress.
Uelfare Officerrcported tha~ ~aga?.ines had been
sent to Buday ~rvin Combe, also read co unic tion
from St"'te :c:eaclqua:r t ers r::: '.rdine u budcly (Leo Bern­stein)
~ho is at Kings Park, requesting th~t this
Post do \hate~er ppssible to .ahe his stay t} re e
pleasant one.
embership Corrnit~ee repcrtel pr?gTess .
Buildin~ Co1 n:i ttee l'e orted ~h t eAi·in"" !'ad been
held durin~ the previous week , a!1c". th t 1 t had · .. e~n
the corc-~naua of the r CE'ting that we should have mor e
monP.y before taldnQ' . l')Y steps before taking any
steps to:v~.rcl 'builcli·1c:;, u!ld th::tt they :!llUSt formulate
plans for raising sufficient funQs .
The Com• ana.er reported regarding the Cornrr:tmi ty
service , 1 ~lCL in m~mor~r of our lett~ .?residen.t \7arren
G. Ha:~l 1"1·; at the Freeport '.:'he~~tr~.
The Corrununder then an::1ou..~cen th t _ . C. Johnson
e and C. W. Raynor ere ap.oin~ed Civ:c r -it t ee i n accorda..Ylce ' i th mot icn of ~ r:::vioua r: eeting .
Af"':;er u. a.iscussicn ,1 -:;h reg~rd to the co ... in
elect i on, it w s re~~larly .oved, seconde~ an~ car­ried
that thP. nom in t ions ...:or t:.e \r rious officers
be ~aGLe fro .. the fJoor , a.r.d thu.t the cuatc .. ry
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Au ust 17th, 1923 ( CCl!tinueci).
nomino.tin oounittee be disp~nsed .~ith fer this
e:J.ection .
Co.nrnand.er then advi&e..: · hy the Le .orial C .~.m. u.ign­Co
.. i ttee had been invited :o tr.is rr.eeti '-' ' )tatin..,
that it had been the consensus of the Ex,c •ive
Cor; .... ittee in view of sa.i:i corn ittee 1 s request , to
outline their .. lana for a~t ivities to the Post.
The Corn and.er furthe·r stated th~t he had ad:.;ised
them tht1.t they •.ould be permitted only to outline
their plans, and t~-t they .oula rot be ermitted to
request us to take any action. He also spoke about
the fact that '· recent issue of the d ily reae
q""Joted him Ct.s having been anpoi nted a Vice-Prt:)n' .ient
on the above raentloned com:.ittee, and stated tl;' t
he had co1 sen ted. to act in. this capacity proviY-i ng
it was the wish of the Post.
After considerable discussion~ motion r·1a lP,
sc~ondecl that no Ji~~ussicn w•. ts to he held t this
meeting regarding trP J.i bra.ry. fT'ren vote tcu.:~m, it
ras founct that eai~ ~~otion r.as Ci.efP. tecl.
l!otion then made that "'e res""ind the motion
car=ie~ in subsequent r.e~ting , to the effect th t~
there oulci be no furth.or- di.scus3icn regarding t·.e
library at any time. After b~!lot takeu, it as
four.d that. this ucticn 'as lest.
Trustee Haxscn, of the Villa.ge Eot1rd., as then
i:- troduc.ed. by the Comrr.a.nd.er an..: r;,.ve us ..... Yery
eloquent s.eeoh ~ ith regard to the emorial Library,
tha oou it~ee and what he ho~e~ the villaee ould
o.o ~owa.r.l cornpleti:.:l the proj ect, '1l.ich · c t:o tax
t!'le l:Jeople o.Z the viJ,.l .... ce tor (:;\. su.r.t of ~3v , .JUO.
He ~lao st~ted that in vieN of the 0 reut ~1 ht ~hich
the Legj. on had in the vilh.. . 1 e , ·e could do much in
aiC.ing in the COJu.!)le t ion cf the lihrcs.ry , an" ho. ed
that we \roul d not thrcu a wet blan.t.et on the affair.
M.r. !Jevey, the spokesman for the ne .ly a. pointed
C ..... u a!.gn Cor. ni t·tee, r:as then in trcd.uced E:.na. cor. tended
thu.t .cl'son""l anirr.csity tc tl.rd certuin me,.bere of
the . re·sent Library Con;mi ttec lj.s keepin stirr.e from
being built. H~ =urtber st~~ed that this com ittee ,
:1ich he l'e resenteu, '1 c. : othing ·-ha:eoever to do -
wi:h the Library Co .rr.it~ee , but as a com ittee of
1 u~lic spir!.ted citizens orki~g cnly to r_ise su:f·­cient
funds so this builcing could oe co leted,
, 1:ic'l ~e con ... end<>d ould be a .. emo::-i l to the dead .
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Au~et 17th. 18~3 (~or.tinued) .
.::.u· . Suth.orla.."'la., ~he ch i:::-m n of the Cat aim
CorA i ttee; s thr--n introduced ncl jt~st ad.led a
fe·.1 re arks to bacv U!) thooe made by Hr. I evey.
After feu quea""icna t•ere as:.ed. by ~"' bers of
the ~oat cf th.ose gentle~~n , Buddy ally Yeung
adY:!. sed Er. ·:axson of the c ir.icn of the LAr.ion as
a w~ole, ~hich ~us to the effect th t we contended
that the T.~ibrary Cornmittee had u.one as much as
'Ov3sible and should be dismissed . Hr. !axson then
stated thJ.t he 'iCUld recomn.end at the next Village
Board meet ing th~t this oom~ittee be ischarged .
· oticn made, seconded ann c~rried to eAtend a
risinG vote of thanks to Mr. ~&a.xson.
Motion macte, seconded _nd ont rc_)irdine uhe~.t transpil~eo. in this ... eet1ng,
bt~t not to divul ge stnte•1ents of the speakers.
ThE" Co·~mancter then f3~·oke of t hA L!!die s 1 Auxili.. ... r~r
Baza ... r, to hA he l c: at trp Crystu.l TJRke ,..ouse on
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one unanimous baJlot for John Cruictsh~nk as
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·~ . Cruic k shank there~pcn aJ~e_ted the office •
c.f Co~r.c-,nder in a_ 1-ropri ~.te e::.nd eloquent ~9.ngt u.ge .
:·o!::inations ·ere then iTI order for ""'irst Vice­Cor!:-..
ander , nnd the follm ir.e mer::bero .ere nor:..­n.
ted:- H,_.nry C. Kranz unCi Joseph H. 1lcGloskey •
. oti on n:ad~' , 3ecor,ded and cc..r r:i en thct.t the
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September 2lat, 1923.
Regular meeting of the William Clinton Story Post,
No. 342, American Legion, held at the Legion Room, in
the Olive Building, Freeport, N. Y., on Friday even­ing,
September 21st, 1923. Commander Cruickshank
presided.
Minutes of previous meeting were approved as read.
Entertainment Committee reported that they were
now working on our Fifth Annual Armistice Dance, to
be held on Saturday evening, November lOth.
Electric light yommittee reported that an American
Legion electric light sign would cost $28.00. Com­mittee
was discharged with thanks.
Personnel Officer reported paid-up membership of
224.
House Committee reported total amount of $12.50
in the treasury.
On suggestion of the Commander, motion made,
seconded ~nd carried that he be empowered to engage
the Odd Fellows Hall for our future meetings at the
ooat of $10.00 per month.
The Commander then advised names of the various
chairmen of committees appointed by the Executive
Board and reque sted each one to outline briefly
his plan of aotion for the ensuing year.
Regularly moved, seoonaed and c&rried that $25.00
be drawn from the Post fun~s and loaned to the
Entertainment Committee for working fund.
Commander appointed Buddy Ware as chairman of the
Athletic Committee and suggested that all m~mbers
who play basket ball or bowl submit their names
to the chairman who will enter teams in each sport
to represent the post.
Motion made and seconded that the election of th~
Executive Committee, which took place at the previous
meeting1 be declared null ann void. The Commander
ruled tnis motion out of order.
On an appeal from the decision of the chair the
post voted the decision down, by a ·&eO'ret ballot
of 20 to 7. When the original was put it was
unanimously voted that the election be null and
void, and that a reelection be held the following
meeting.
Seoond Vice-Commander McCloskey reported to the
post as a delegat~ to the State Convention held at
Saratoga, which report ~as commended by the Com­mander.
There being no further business, the meeting
adjourned.
October 5th. 1923.
Re gular meeting of the William Clinton Story Post,
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No. 342, American Legion, held in Odd Fe l lo~s Hal l ,
Freeport, N. Y., on Friday evening, October 5th,
1923. Commander Cruickshank presided.
Minutes of the previous meeting were ·approved as
read.
The treasurer reported $85 .41 balance on hand.
Bill from Franklin Bedell for $30.00, for three
months' rent, in advance , for Odd Fellows Hall,
authorized paid.
Mr . Campbell spoke on the action taken at the
previous meeting relative to considering the election
of the Executive Board null anu void, and endeavored
to enli ghten the members as to his relative to a
comment made by him which was overheard at the meet­ing,
which was believed to have been instrumental in
causing the reopening of the nominations after par~
of the ballots had been collected. Mr. Young al so
~ commented o~ thi s action and laid particular stress
... on the fact that he believed that personal feelings
and animosity had been the cause for such action,
and made motion that the proceedings of the following
meeting be con·sidered unconstitutional in accordance
with Robe~ts Rules of Parliamentary Law and that the
motion on the minutes of the previous meeting be
stricken therefrom and that notice be sent to all
members regarding this fact . This motion was seconded
providing secret ballot be taken. The result of the
vote was twenty-four in favor and thirteen opposed,
therefore motion carried.
The Commander then took the opportunity of con­gratulating
Messrs . Kranz, Christie and Grogan on
their success in increasing the population of this
village.
· Resig~ation of Robert D. Campbell from the Execu­tive
Board was then r ead, and it was regularly moved,
seconded and carried by a secret vote of thirty-one IIJ to five that this resignation be not accepted.
Motion made, seconded and carrien that the Post
procure a copy of Roberts Rules of ·Parliamentary
Procedure.
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Oct. 5th, 1923 (continued) .
Frank Post then spoke of the ill-bred remark of
one of the members to our past commander with re­gard
to a little joke which was pulled off at the
meeting of September 7th, 1923, an~ t~en presented
Leo Schloss .with a gift from the Post in recogni­tion
of his services to the post during his year
of office. llr. Schloss accepted same in appro­priate
language •
. Chairman Himmel , .of the Entertainment Committee,
advised that in view of the fact that the activi­ties
of his committee were increasing and that the
post was having a moving picture benefit on October
31st, he required an aaaitional appropriation of
twenty-five ~ollars to carry on same .
Motion made, seconded and carrie~ that the Treas­urer
loan th~ requested sum.
Personnel Officer requested authority to have
five hundred application c~ds printed, which
authority was granted.
Chairman Hi~el , of the Entertainment Committe9
announced that the Fifth Annual Armistice Night
dance would be held on November lOth, 1923, at the
Odd Fello~s Hall, an~ that he had secured the Amer­ican
Theatre for the night of October 31st , at which
time "Flashes of Action" would be shown.
Chairman McCloskey, of the Membership Committee,
reported that a fund was b~ing originated for the
Membership Drive, and requested donations not to
exceed $1.00.
Chairman Kranz, of the Building Committee, re­ported
progress, and when asked to make a report
for the Civic Committee stated that he felt that
he should be relieved of the chairm~nship of this
committee as the Building Committee would demand
most of his time. The Commander therefore appointed
Leo Sc~loas as chairma~ of the Civic Committee.
House Committee reported $24.50 in the Treasury.
Publicity Committee Cnairman Johnson outlined
several plans for activit~es in which he hoped to
make a success.
Check for $50. 00 was received from Mr. D. F.
Oct. 5th. 1923 ( continued) .
Mackin toward our Building Fund, and it was regular­ly
moved, secon~ ed and carried that acknowledgment
be sent to t his gentleman thanking him for his
donation , and also that t he Ma~ell Car Committee
be dis c~ged with thanks.
Communi cation was t hen reau from L. A. Smith &
Company, of Philadel phia , Pa. , with regard to post
caps w.nd arm bands,. G.nd the commander advised that
he would send for one of these oa.ps and b anda in
o r~er th~t the post mi ght view them and decide &a
to what act i on would be taken wi t h regard to the
purchase o! same . ·
The commander then called a recess for refresh­ments,
which was very ably ser ved by the kitchen
police of t he eveni ng, namely, Messrs. Christie,
Young, Campbell, Schloss and Mahnken.
The meeting then adj ourned •
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Post Ad jutant.
October 19th . 1923 .
Regular oeeting of the Willi am Clinton Story
Post , No. 342, American Legion , held at the Odd
Fello~s Hall , on Herrick Roo.d, Freeport , N. Y. ,
on FriCl~::~.y evening ~ October 19th, 1923. CominanO.er
Cruickshank presided.
Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as
rel=4d.. ·
Treasurer ' s report showed balance of $17 . 21 in
the ban~ .
Membership Committee r eported pr ogr ess .
The Commander t hen introduced all new mem~ers
taken in at the meetin~.
Disabi l i ty Commi ttee reporte~ progress.
House Committee repor ted amount of $7 . 50 in the
treasury an~ r equested tP~t the members polioe up
the dugout occasionally, ~ue to the fb.ct that we
are without janitor service.
Oct. 19th, 1923 (continued).
Publicity Cow~ittee reported progress an~
·stGted that with regar~ to the bulletin published
monthly, that it spoke for itself.
Building Committee stated that a detailed re­port
would be made at ·the next meeting.
Athl·eti-c Cornmi ttee reported that arrangements
had been maae with·the management of the Freeport
Auditorium to stage a prelin.inery game for The
American Legion on all basket ball nights with
the proceeds of one-quarter of the net profit to
go to the Building Fund.
Ritual Committee reported progress.
Motion made, seconded andcarried that the chair­man
of the Civic Committee be instructed to wait
upon the Vi·llage Board with resolution to the ef­fect
that we request that the Honor Roll at the
depot be repainted and new flags placed upon same,
and also that it be lighted each night.
In view of the fact that Fri~Y, October 26th,
, .. as the celepration of the Fiftieth Wedding Anni­versary
of Commander Patterson of the G. A. G.,
motion mad.~., seconded an~ carried tha.t letter of
congra~ulations be sent to this gentleman and his
\'fife.
Refreshments were then served by the· capable
K.· P.·'s, Buddies Guest, Johnsen, Goller, Himmel
and "' '· ·
Motion made, seconded an~ carried that boquet
be sent to Commander on next Friuay, October 26th.
After considerable discussion wi,th regard to an
alleged advertising campaign in connection with
ash cans to be purchased by the Legion,· it was
regularly moved, seconded and carried that this
matter·be laid over for two meetings.
Mr. Young then spoke on the work of the Veterans
Mountain Camp.
In view of the fact th~v a rumor was r eceived
t o t he effect that the Ladies Auxiliary were to
vote on• whether they would change their meet i ng
nights, motion made , secondeo. and. carried that a
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Oct. 19th, 1923 (continued) .
committee of two ,lfai t upon them and advise us as
to their decision. B'udu.ies H. Mahnken anu Kron­mann
were appointed by the Cocmanuer , who reported
that upon arrival ~t Auxiliary Heauquarters , same
waa locked an~ no one there .
Motion m~e , secon~ed and carried that we go on
record as in f~vor of proposition No. 1 , whieh is
being submitte~ to the voters on Election Day, and
th~t we request the people to acquaint themselves
with this proposition more thoroughly.
Corame;..nder~:then cont;rat=101~~Joung on his
t1.ppo1ntroent the',
~a c..id County Cor~and""r C'-wJ..bel ... , the .... asa.u
Ccu..t; deleQate.
Co!!ll!.unicu.tion was then r ea.0. from the Rev. ·c-rl
Millwr, requeat1ns the _res~nce of the Poet at Armis­tice
D~} Servic~3 , to be held ~t the Christ Luther n
Churc'l on SUndu.y "'Veni·l~ ~ Uovenber 11th. Re~ularly
move1.1., Jrconded and o~rrieu. tlut this invitation be
accepted.
Corhll1Unicd.t ion Wel.S then rea.o. from the !Jynbrook Po • ,
American Legion, requesting our !)reaence .... t the tm­veiling
of u rltonu:cent at E ..... st Rocka\Vc:~.Y on November
lOth. Regularly mov~'u , seconaed and carried that we
accept said in vi tat ion. ·
Com-unicaticn was then re~n frorn the Freeport
~Public Schools, requesting literature with reg~rd to
._Educc.tional ,.,A k . The matter was re!'~rred to the
Civic Committee to obtain all datd and furr.ish Board
of Education with same.
On rea.ding communication f:r-o!':'l .... ar De. _rtment, rr.9 . .1'"iiF
Nov. 2nd ~ 1923 (continued).
~ppeal to the former officers in this Post to assoc­iate
t2'lemselves rith the Officers' Reserve and re­questinG
the names of sa1.e. Aujutant instructed to
:orward. ni:.l.M.ea as per requeu-1;.
Com1ty Uelf~re Officer Youn: requeate~ that we
proceed to Kings Pe.rk State I:ospi tal the SUnday
a.fter ahanksJi ving \71th don1:1.tio'!1 s for the wcuna.ed
veterans. It \vas therefore regt..la.rl:· !r.oved,
s9co~ded and curried that this Post con.ply with Hr.
Young 1 a req·.1e at.
TharP b~ing no further busi=ess, the meeting was
adjourned, ~t vrhicll ti!ne. refreehr'1ents,. ere s"'rvod by
K. P.'s !J"'e, 1:ah~r , Goud~e, Story and Oxenharo.
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